Norfolk Ridge

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Norfolk Ridge is a long, submerged continental fragment in the southwest Pacific Ocean that extends from New Caledonia toward New Zealand and forms part of the complex geology of the Zealandia microcontinent.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Norfolk Ridge canonical 10
Skiff Bank 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (41)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geologic feature ⓘ
submerged continental fragment ⓘ
undersea ridge ⓘ
associatedWith New Caledonia ⓘ
North Island of New Zealand ⓘ
linked to: North Island
boundedBy normal faults ⓘ
crustType thinned continental crust ⓘ
extendsFrom New Caledonia ⓘ
extendsToward New Zealand ⓘ
formedDuring Mesozoic era ⓘ
formsPartOf Zealandia plateau system ⓘ
geologicalComposition igneous rocks ⓘ
metamorphic rocks ⓘ
sedimentary cover ⓘ
geologicalNature continental crust ⓘ
geologicalSetting passive continental margin fragment ⓘ
hasHighestPoints New Caledonia archipelago ⓘ
linked to: New Caledonia

Norfolk Island region ⓘ
linked to: Norfolk Island
influences bathymetry of southwest Pacific Ocean ⓘ
isKeyTo reconstruction of Gondwana breakup ⓘ
understanding of Zealandia extent ⓘ
lengthApprox over 2000 kilometers ⓘ
liesEastOf New Caledonia Basin ⓘ
liesWestOf Loyalty Ridge ⓘ
locatedIn Southwest Pacific Ocean ⓘ
near plate boundary between Australian Plate and Pacific Plate ⓘ
orientation northwest–southeast ⓘ
partOf Zealandia ⓘ
Zealandia microcontinent ⓘ
relatedTo Cretaceous rifting ⓘ
Tasman Sea opening ⓘ
linked to: Tasman Sea
riftedFrom eastern margin of Gondwana ⓘ
separates Loyalty Basin ⓘ
New Caledonia Basin ⓘ
Norfolk Basin ⓘ
South Fiji Basin ⓘ
linked to: Fiji Basin
studiedIn deep-sea drilling programs ⓘ
marine geophysical surveys ⓘ
submerged true ⓘ
subparallelTo Loyalty Ridge ⓘ
tectonicPlate Australian Plate ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (11)

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

southwest Pacific Ocean → contains → Norfolk Ridge ⓘ
Tasman Basin → boundedBy → Norfolk Ridge ⓘ
Lord Howe Rise → separatedFrom → Norfolk Ridge ⓘ
Lord Howe Rise → adjacentTo → Norfolk Ridge ⓘ
New Caledonia Basin → adjacentTo → Norfolk Ridge ⓘ
Kerguelen Plateau → hasPart → Skiff Bank ⓘ
linked to: Norfolk Ridge
Zealandia → containsRegion → Norfolk Ridge ⓘ
subject linked to: Zealandia microcontinent
Lord Howe Seamount Chain → near → Norfolk Ridge ⓘ
New Caledonia Ridge → near → Norfolk Ridge ⓘ
Norfolk Basin → boundedBy → Norfolk Ridge ⓘ
Norfolk Basin → separatedFrom → Norfolk Ridge ⓘ