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 6
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 (7)

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