South Georgia microcontinent

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The South Georgia microcontinent is a submerged fragment of continental crust in the South Atlantic Ocean associated with the Scotia Arc and the island of South Georgia.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fragment of continental crust
microcontinent
associatedWith South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
surface form: South Georgia Island
boundedBy East Scotia Ridge
North Scotia Ridge
South Georgia Basin
South Sandwich Trench
country United Kingdom
crustType continental crust
exposedPortion South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
surface form: South Georgia Island
formedBy rifting
transform faulting
geologicalAge Mesozoic
geologicalOrigin Gondwana
liesOn Scotia Arc
locatedEastOf Falkland Islands
locatedIn South Atlantic
surface form: South Atlantic Ocean

Southern Ocean
locatedNear Scotia Sea
locatedNortheastOf Drake Passage
locatedNorthOf Antarctic Peninsula
movement eastward relative to South America
oceanicSurroundings oceanic crust of Scotia Sea
overlappedBy South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
surface form: South Georgia Island
partOf Scotia Arc
relatedStructure Falkland Plateau
Scotia Arc microcontinents
South Orkney Microcontinent
surface form: South Orkney microcontinent
relatedTo Gondwana breakup
researchField marine geology
paleogeography
plate tectonics
separatedFrom Antarctic Peninsula
South American continental margin
studyMethod bathymetric mapping
gravity and magnetic data analysis
marine seismic reflection surveys
submerged true
tectonicSetting Antarctic Plate
Scotia Plate
South American Plate

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

Scotia Arc hasPart South Georgia microcontinent
Mount Paget geologicalSetting South Georgia microcontinent
Cumberland Bay partOf South Georgia microcontinent
this entity surface form: South Georgia coastline
Mount Carse category South Georgia microcontinent
this entity surface form: Mountains of South Georgia