Somali Plate

The Somaliaplatte is located in front of their creation tectonic plate that will arise over the next 100,000 to 200,000 years due to the Great African grave breach. It includes the Horn of Africa and surrounding waters (Gulf of Aden, Indian Ocean, see map).

We assume a drift to the southeast, with respect to a stationary hotspots adopted at a speed of about 45 mm / year. In a few million years as the Eastern Africa will be split off from the rest of the continent and form a new separate land mass.