Tectonic plate boundaries (PB2002)
Peter Bird (2003); GIS conversion by Hugo Ahlenius, Nordpil
- License
- Attribution
- Commercial
- Yes
- Format
- Shapefile, GeoJSON
- Coverage
- Global
- Last updated
- Added to findgis 2 Nov 2026 · Update frequency Static
Tags
The 52 plates and their boundary lines from Bird's 2003 global model, packaged as shapefile and GeoJSON.
Source and attribution
- Publisher
- Peter Bird (2003); GIS conversion by Hugo Ahlenius, Nordpil
- License
- Attribution
- Commercial use
- Yes
- Attribution required
- Yes
- Modification allowed
- See publisher
- Redistribution allowed
- See publisher
- Share-alike
- No
- Region
- Global
- Type
- Vector
- Extent
- -180-9018090West, south, east, north. Approximate region extent.
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