Campbell Plateau

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The Campbell Plateau is a large submerged continental shelf south of New Zealand, forming part of the submerged continent Zealandia in the southwest Pacific Ocean.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Campbell Plateau canonical 3
New Zealand continental margin 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geologic formation
physiographic province
submerged continental shelf
area approximately 800000 square kilometres
averageWaterDepth 500–1500 metres
bathymetricFeature broad shallow plateau
biogeographicSignificance supports subantarctic marine ecosystems
borderedBy Auckland Islands
Bounty Trough
Campbell Island
Macquarie Ridge Complex
linked to: South Scotia Ridge

Pacific Ocean
Pukaki Rise
continent Zealandia
country New Zealand
crustType thinned continental crust
economicZoneOf New Zealand exclusive economic zone
extendsFrom South Island of New Zealand
linked to: South Island
extendsToward Antarctica
formedDuring Mesozoic era
geologicalNature continental crust
importance major component of Zealandia
latitudeRange approximately 47°S to 55°S
locatedIn Southwest Pacific Ocean
locatedSouthOf New Zealand
longitudeRange approximately 160°E to 180°
marineEnvironment subantarctic
maximumWaterDepth about 2000 metres
namedAfter Campbell Island
nearbyIslandGroup Antipodes Islands
Auckland Islands
Bounty Islands
Campbell Island
oceanBasin South Pacific Ocean
partOf New Zealand continental shelf
Zealandia
recognizedAs part of largely submerged continent Zealandia
relatedTo Challenger Plateau
Lord Howe Rise
researchInterest plate tectonics and continental breakup of Gondwana
riftedFrom Gondwana
sedimentCover thick marine sediments
separatedFrom Australian Plate
Pacific Plate
sovereignWatersOf New Zealand
submerged true
tectonicSetting passive continental margin

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

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

southwest Pacific Ocean contains Campbell Plateau
Tasman Basin boundedBy New Zealand continental margin
linked to: Campbell Plateau
Challenger Plateau adjacentTo Campbell Plateau
Zealandia containsRegion Campbell Plateau
subject linked to: Zealandia microcontinent