Sahul Shelf

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continental shelf submerged continental margin

The Sahul Shelf is a vast submerged continental shelf of the Australian continent, extending beneath the shallow seas between Australia, New Guinea, and nearby islands.

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All labels observed (8)

Label	Occurrences
Australian continent	10
Sahul Shelf canonical	6
Sahul Shelf region	3
Australian continental shelf	2
Sahul Platform	1
Sahul Shelf biogeographic region	1
Sahul Shelf from Wallacea	1
Sahul Shelf land areas	1

Statements (41)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	continental shelf ⓘ submerged continental margin ⓘ
adjacentTo	New Guinea ⓘ northern Australia ⓘ
associatedWith	Sahul landmass ⓘ
boundedBy	continental slope to the north and west ⓘ
connectedLandmassesWhenExposed	Australia ⓘ New Guinea ⓘ Tasmania ⓘ
contains	Arafura Shelf ⓘ Bonaparte Basin ⓘ surface form: Bonaparte Basin margins Van Diemen Rise ⓘ
countryExclusiveEconomicZone	Australia ⓘ Indonesia ⓘ Papua New Guinea ⓘ
exposedDuring	Last Glacial Maximum ⓘ Pleistocene glacial periods ⓘ
extendsBeneath	Arafura Sea ⓘ Gulf of Carpentaria ⓘ Timor Sea ⓘ shallow seas between Australia and New Guinea ⓘ
formedDuring	Phanerozoic Eon ⓘ
geologicalProvinceOf	Northern Australian margin ⓘ
geologicalSetting	passive continental margin ⓘ
hasFeature	broad, shallow seafloor ⓘ
importantFor	hydrocarbon exploration ⓘ marine biodiversity habitats ⓘ
locatedIn	Australia region ⓘ
maximumWaterDepth	generally less than 200 metres ⓘ
namedAfter	Sahul landmass ⓘ surface form: Sahul (paleocontinent)
nameLanguage	English ⓘ
partOf	Oceania ⓘ surface form: Australian continent New Guinea ⓘ surface form: Sahul
separatedBy	the Wallace Line ⓘ surface form: Wallace Line deep ocean basins of the Indonesian region ⓘ
separatedFrom	Sunda Shelf ⓘ
significantFor	early human migration into Australia ⓘ paleogeography of Australasia ⓘ
submergedSince	post-glacial sea-level rise of the Holocene ⓘ
tectonicContext	northern margin of the Australian Plate ⓘ
underlainBy	continental crust ⓘ

Referenced by (25)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Timor Sea → hasPart → Sahul Shelf ⓘ

Central Australia → locatedIn → Sahul Shelf ⓘ

this entity surface form: Australian continent

Flinders Ranges → partOf → Sahul Shelf ⓘ

this entity surface form: Australian continent

Bass Strait → isPartOf → Sahul Shelf ⓘ

this entity surface form: Australian continental shelf

Australian Exclusive Economic Zone → relatedTo → Sahul Shelf ⓘ

this entity surface form: Australian continental shelf

southeastern Australia → partOf → Sahul Shelf ⓘ

subject surface form: Southeastern Australia

this entity surface form: Australian continent

Moonan Brook → locatedOn → Sahul Shelf ⓘ

this entity surface form: Australian continent

Polblue Swamp → locatedOnLandmass → Sahul Shelf ⓘ

this entity surface form: Australian continent

northern Australia → locatedOn → Sahul Shelf ⓘ

subject surface form: Northern Australia

this entity surface form: Australian continent

Last Glacial Maximum → causedExposureOf → Sahul Shelf ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sahul Shelf land areas

Bonaparte Basin → contains → Sahul Shelf ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sahul Platform

Timor Trough → nearbyFeature → Sahul Shelf ⓘ

Weber Deep → locatedIn → Sahul Shelf ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sahul Shelf region

Wallacea → locatedBetween → Sahul Shelf ⓘ

Malesia → separatedFrom → Sahul Shelf ⓘ

Pilbara Craton → partOf → Sahul Shelf ⓘ

this entity surface form: Australian continent

Vogelkop Peninsula → partOf → Sahul Shelf ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sahul Shelf biogeographic region

Lachlan Fold Belt → partOf → Sahul Shelf ⓘ

this entity surface form: Australian continent

Arafura Shelf → partOf → Sahul Shelf ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sahul Shelf region

Maritime boundary between Australia and Indonesia → locatedIn → Sahul Shelf ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sahul Shelf region

Lydekker Line → associatedWith → Sahul Shelf ⓘ

Lydekker Line → separates → Sahul Shelf ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sahul Shelf from Wallacea

Undara Volcanic National Park → locatedOn → Sahul Shelf ⓘ

this entity surface form: Australian continent

north-western Australia → locatedOn → Sahul Shelf ⓘ

this entity surface form: Australian continent