Malta Plateau
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The Malta Plateau is a submarine geological feature in the central Mediterranean Sea forming part of the shallow seafloor between Sicily and the Maltese Islands.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Malta Plateau canonical | 1 |
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
submarine plateau
ⓘ
undersea geological feature ⓘ |
| adjacentTo |
Malta Escarpment
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sicily Channel Rift Zone NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| bathymetryCharacteristic | forms a broad shallow sill between Sicily and Malta ⓘ |
| countryOffshoreFrom |
Italy
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Malta NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| formsPartOf | shallow seafloor between Sicily and the Maltese Islands ⓘ |
| geologicalOrigin | tectonically deformed continental crust ⓘ |
| geologicalSetting | continental margin of the African Plate ⓘ |
| influences | oceanographic circulation between western and eastern Mediterranean basins ⓘ |
| locatedBetween |
Maltese Islands
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sicily NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn | central Mediterranean Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Malta
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sicily NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedNorthOf |
Libya
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Malta NERFINISHED ⓘ Tunisia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOnPlate | African Plate NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedSouthOf |
Sicily
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sicily Channel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
Mediterranean Sea
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sicily Channel region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relevantTo |
marine geology of the central Mediterranean
ⓘ
regional tectonics of the Sicily Channel ⓘ |
| seafloorDepthCharacteristic | relatively shallow ⓘ |
| separates |
Ionian Sea basin
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sicily Channel basin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| surfaceMaterial | marine sediments ⓘ |
| tectonicContext | convergent boundary region between African Plate and Eurasian Plate ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.