Sahul Shelf

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The Sahul Shelf is a vast submerged continental shelf of the Australian continent, extending beneath the shallow seas between Australia, New Guinea, and nearby islands.

All labels observed (8)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (41)

Predicate Object
instanceOf continental shelf ⓘ
submerged continental margin ⓘ
adjacentTo New Guinea ⓘ
northern Australia ⓘ
associatedWith Sahul landmass ⓘ
boundedBy continental slope to the north and west ⓘ
connectedLandmassesWhenExposed Australia ⓘ
New Guinea ⓘ
Tasmania ⓘ
contains Arafura Shelf ⓘ
Bonaparte Basin margins ⓘ
linked to: Bonaparte Basin

Van Diemen Rise ⓘ
countryExclusiveEconomicZone Australia ⓘ
Indonesia ⓘ
Papua New Guinea ⓘ
exposedDuring Last Glacial Maximum ⓘ
Pleistocene glacial periods ⓘ
extendsBeneath Arafura Sea ⓘ
Gulf of Carpentaria ⓘ
Timor Sea ⓘ
shallow seas between Australia and New Guinea ⓘ
formedDuring Phanerozoic Eon ⓘ
geologicalProvinceOf Northern Australian margin ⓘ
geologicalSetting passive continental margin ⓘ
hasFeature broad, shallow seafloor ⓘ
importantFor hydrocarbon exploration ⓘ
marine biodiversity habitats ⓘ
locatedIn Australia region ⓘ
maximumWaterDepth generally less than 200 metres ⓘ
namedAfter Sahul (paleocontinent) ⓘ
linked to: Sahul landmass
nameLanguage English ⓘ
partOf Australian continent ⓘ
linked to: Oceania

Sahul ⓘ
linked to: New Guinea
separatedBy Wallace Line ⓘ
linked to: the Wallace Line

deep ocean basins of the Indonesian region ⓘ
separatedFrom Sunda Shelf ⓘ
significantFor early human migration into Australia ⓘ
paleogeography of Australasia ⓘ
submergedSince post-glacial sea-level rise of the Holocene ⓘ
tectonicContext northern margin of the Australian Plate ⓘ
underlainBy continental crust ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (31)

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

Timor Sea → hasPart → Sahul Shelf ⓘ
Central Australia → locatedIn → Australian continent ⓘ
linked to: Sahul Shelf
Flinders Ranges → partOf → Australian continent ⓘ
linked to: Sahul Shelf
Bass Strait → isPartOf → Australian continental shelf ⓘ
linked to: Sahul Shelf
Australian Exclusive Economic Zone → relatedTo → Australian continental shelf ⓘ
linked to: Sahul Shelf
Southeastern Australia → partOf → Australian continent ⓘ
subject linked to: southeastern Australia
linked to: Sahul Shelf
Moonan Brook → locatedOn → Australian continent ⓘ
linked to: Sahul Shelf
Polblue Swamp → locatedOnLandmass → Australian continent ⓘ
linked to: Sahul Shelf
Northern Australia → locatedOn → Australian continent ⓘ
subject linked to: northern Australia
linked to: Sahul Shelf
Last Glacial Maximum → causedExposureOf → Sahul Shelf land areas ⓘ
linked to: Sahul Shelf
Bonaparte Basin → contains → Sahul Platform ⓘ
linked to: Sahul Shelf
Timor Trough → nearbyFeature → Sahul Shelf ⓘ
Weber Deep → locatedIn → Sahul Shelf region ⓘ
linked to: Sahul Shelf
Wallacea → locatedBetween → Sahul Shelf ⓘ
Malesia → separatedFrom → Sahul Shelf ⓘ
Pilbara Craton → partOf → Australian continent ⓘ
linked to: Sahul Shelf
Vogelkop Peninsula → partOf → Sahul Shelf biogeographic region ⓘ
linked to: Sahul Shelf
Lachlan Fold Belt → partOf → Australian continent ⓘ
linked to: Sahul Shelf
Arafura Shelf → partOf → Sahul Shelf ⓘ
Arafura Shelf → partOf → Sahul Shelf region ⓘ
linked to: Sahul Shelf
Maritime boundary between Australia and Indonesia → locatedIn → Sahul Shelf region ⓘ
linked to: Sahul Shelf
Lydekker Line → associatedWith → Sahul Shelf ⓘ
Lydekker Line → separates → Sahul Shelf from Wallacea ⓘ
linked to: Sahul Shelf
Undara Volcanic National Park → locatedOn → Australian continent ⓘ
linked to: Sahul Shelf
north-western Australia → locatedOn → Australian continent ⓘ
linked to: Sahul Shelf
BoM → serviceArea → Australian continent ⓘ
linked to: Sahul Shelf
Van Diemen Rise → partOf → Sahul Shelf ⓘ
Van Diemen Rise → associatedWith → Sahul Shelf region ⓘ
linked to: Sahul Shelf
Sahul landmass → alsoKnownAs → Sahul Shelf ⓘ
Indo-Australian region → hasPart → Sahul Shelf region ⓘ
linked to: Sahul Shelf