Lord Howe Rise

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Lord Howe Rise is a vast submerged continental plateau in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, forming part of the largely underwater continent Zealandia between Australia and New Zealand.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Lord Howe Rise canonical 10
Lord Howe Rise Basin system 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geologic formation
part of continent
submerged continental plateau
adjacentTo Lord Howe Trough
New Caledonia Basin
Norfolk Ridge
ageGroup Mesozoic
areaCharacteristic elongate plateau
associatedWith Zealandia breakup from Gondwana
bathymetry mostly 1000–3000 m below sea level
biogeographicRole submerged habitat for marine ecosystems
contains Elizabeth Reef
Lord Howe Island
Lord Howe Seamount Chain
Middleton Reef
countryClosestTo Australia
New Zealand
coveredBy marine sediments
crustType thinned continental crust
economicInterest hydrocarbon potential
seabed minerals potential
extendsFrom Coral Sea
extendsToward New Zealand continental margin
formedBy rifting of eastern Gondwana
geologicalOrigin continental crust
locatedBetween Australia
New Zealand
locatedIn Pacific Ocean
southwest Pacific Ocean
surface form: Southwestern Pacific Ocean
namedAfter Lord Howe Island
orientation northwest–southeast
overlies continental lithosphere
partOf Zealandia microcontinent
surface form: Zealandia
recognizedAs part of nearly submerged continent Zealandia
relatedFeature Lord Howe hotspot
researchInterest continental breakup processes
plate tectonics of southwest Pacific
riftAge Cretaceous
riftedFrom Antarctica
Australia
separatedBy New Caledonia Basin
Tasman Sea
separatedFrom Australian continent
Norfolk Ridge
sovereignJurisdiction Australia exclusive economic zone
New Zealand exclusive economic zone
tectonicSetting passive continental margin

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

Tasman Sea contains Lord Howe Rise
southwest Pacific Ocean contains Lord Howe Rise
Tasman Basin boundedBy Lord Howe Rise
Tasman Basin adjacentTo Lord Howe Rise
this entity surface form: Lord Howe Rise Basin system
Chesterfield Islands near Lord Howe Rise
Ball's Pyramid volcanicProvince Lord Howe Rise
Challenger Plateau adjacentTo Lord Howe Rise
New Caledonia Basin separatedFrom Lord Howe Rise
New Caledonia Basin adjacentTo Lord Howe Rise
Campbell Plateau relatedTo Lord Howe Rise
Zealandia microcontinent containsRegion Lord Howe Rise
subject surface form: Zealandia