Kerguelen Plateau

E287900
large igneous province oceanic plateau submerged volcanic plateau

The Kerguelen Plateau is a large submerged volcanic plateau in the southern Indian Ocean, forming one of the world’s major large igneous provinces and hosting the remote Kerguelen Islands.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Kerguelen Plateau canonical 6
Kerguelen Plateau region 1
Northern Kerguelen Plateau 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf large igneous province ⓘ
oceanic plateau ⓘ
submerged volcanic plateau ⓘ
age Cretaceous ⓘ
approximateMaximumElevation above 2000 meters below sea level ⓘ
composition basaltic rocks ⓘ
volcanic rocks ⓘ
connectedTo Broken Ridge ⓘ
country France ⓘ
discoveredBy Challenger expedition ⓘ
surface form: HMS Challenger expedition
discoveryMethod bathymetric sounding ⓘ
emergesAs Heard Island and McDonald Islands ⓘ
Kerguelen Islands ⓘ
extendsTowards Antarctica ⓘ
Broken Ridge ⓘ
formedBy Kerguelen hotspot ⓘ
mantle plume activity ⓘ
formedDuring Cretaceous ⓘ
surface form: Cretaceous period
geologicalProvince large igneous province ⓘ
hasFeature broad shallow submarine platform ⓘ
steep flanks ⓘ
hasPart Elan Bank ⓘ
Kerguelen Plateau self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Northern Kerguelen Plateau

Norfolk Ridge ⓘ
surface form: Skiff Bank

Kerguelen Plateau self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Southern Kerguelen Plateau
hosts Kerguelen Islands ⓘ
influences Southern Ocean circulation ⓘ
Southern Ocean ecosystems ⓘ
locatedIn Indian Ocean–Southern Ocean marine region ⓘ
surface form: southern Indian Ocean
locatedOn Indo-Australian Plate ⓘ
near Antarctic Circumpolar Current ⓘ
oceanBasin Indian Ocean drainage basin ⓘ
surface form: Indian Ocean Basin
partOf French Southern and Antarctic Lands ⓘ
Indian Ocean ⓘ
region sub-Antarctic ⓘ
relatedTo Kerguelen hotspot ⓘ
surface form: Kerguelen plume

Ninetyeast Ridge ⓘ
Rajmahal Traps ⓘ
researchField geophysics ⓘ
marine geology ⓘ
plate tectonics ⓘ
significance important site for studying mantle plumes ⓘ
one of the world’s largest large igneous provinces ⓘ
sovereignState France ⓘ
tectonicSetting Indian Ocean intraplate setting ⓘ
usedFor paleoceanographic studies ⓘ
paleoclimate reconstruction ⓘ
volcanismType intraplate volcanism ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

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

Kerguelen Islands → locatedOn → Kerguelen Plateau ⓘ
Yves-Joseph de Kerguelen-Trémarec → hasNamesake → Kerguelen Plateau ⓘ
Grande Terre → isPartOf → Kerguelen Plateau ⓘ
subject surface form: Grande Terre (Kerguelen)
Île Saint-Lanne Gramont → nearbyFeature → Kerguelen Plateau ⓘ
Kerguelen Plateau → hasPart → Kerguelen Plateau self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Northern Kerguelen Plateau
Kerguelen Plateau → hasPart → Kerguelen Plateau self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southern Kerguelen Plateau
Mont Ross → volcanicField → Kerguelen Plateau ⓘ
Île du Port → marineEcoregion → Kerguelen Plateau ⓘ
Île Haute → marineEcoregion → Kerguelen Plateau ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kerguelen Plateau region