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New Zealand is an independent, self-governing country in its own right. It is in the Southern Hemisphere, within the region of Oceania, which also includes Australia, Papua New Guinea and some South Pacific islands. It is not in Australia.

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New Zealand is situated on the boundary of the Australian and the Pacific Plates. The collision of these plates caused the Pacific plate to subduct underneath the Australian plate which carries the North Island. To the south of the South Island, the situation is reversed.

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What are the names of the 2 tectonic plates on which New Zealand is located?

New Zealand is situated on the active boundary of the Pacific and Australian tectonic plates.


What boundary is Ruapehu volcano on?

The Ruapehu volcano, and indeed all of the Taupo Volcanic Zone arises as a result of subduction of the Pacific plate under the Australian plate. Thus the volcanic activity occurs on the edge of the Australian Plate.gns.org.nz has on their website, an excellent depiction of deep earthquakes in New Zealand.


In which plate boundary do foliated metamorphic rocks form?

Usually in convergent plate boundary scenarios.


What area extends from New Zealand to chile?

The Pacific Ocean and in tectonics, the Pacific Plate.


Why does New Zealand have so many volcanoes?

The simple reason is: New Zealand is on a continental fault line. Earthquakes and volcanic activity are the result of movement between tectonic plates. These plates constantly move as underground stresses are released through the Earth's crust. The islands of New Zealand are situated over the boundary between the Australian and Pacific tectonic plates. The Pacific "Ring of Fire" is the area where most of the world's seismic activity takes place. It is a ring encircling the Pacific Ocean in a roughly horseshoe shape, beginning at New Zealand, continuing up through the Philippines and Indonesia, through the edge of the eastern Asian countries, then down the western coast of the USA and South America. Australia, however, does not lie directly over any such fault lines. Occasional minor quakes and tremors occur from time to time (such as that which occurred in Meckering, Western Australia, in 1963). However, even Australia's largest and most devastating earthquake (Newcastle, 1989) is believed to have been triggered by 200 years of underground coal mining, not by seismic activity.

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What island of New-zealand is bisected by a plate boundary and what kind of plate is this?

The 'South Island'. A collision boundary.


The boundary line of which two tectonic plates lie near New Zealand?

The boundary is between the Australian Plate and the Pacific Plate.


What are the names of the 2 tectonic plates on which New Zealand is located?

New Zealand is situated on the active boundary of the Pacific and Australian tectonic plates.


What do you call a plate boundary in which no new crust is made or destroyed?

recessive plate boundary


What boundary does new crust form at?

Divergent plate boundary.


What plate boundary produces new land?

transform boundary


What plate boundary is the boundary at which plates collide or come together?

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What is the latitude of the northern boundary of new Zealand?

The northern boundary of New Zealand is located at a latitude of 40.9 degrees south. This corresponds to the location of Cape Regina.


What plate boundary is near New York?

New York is on the north american plate


What are the name of the two major plates beneath New zealand?

The Pacific Plate subducts beneath northern New Zealand, and the Australian Plate subducts beneath New Zealand in the South.


What was the plate boundary at the new Madrid earthquake in 1811?

The 1811-1812 New Madrid earthquakes are a rare example of large earthquakes occurring in the middle of a plate, there was no plate boundary involved.


At what type of plate boundary is new ocean crust formed?

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