Kerguelen Plateau

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The Kerguelen Plateau is a large submerged volcanic plateau in the southern Indian Ocean, forming one of the world’s major large igneous provinces and hosting the remote Kerguelen Islands.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Kerguelen Plateau canonical 6
Kerguelen Plateau region 1
Northern Kerguelen Plateau 1

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf large igneous province
oceanic plateau
submerged volcanic plateau
age Cretaceous
approximateMaximumElevation above 2000 meters below sea level
composition basaltic rocks
volcanic rocks
connectedTo Broken Ridge
country France
discoveredBy HMS Challenger expedition
discoveryMethod bathymetric sounding
emergesAs Heard Island and McDonald Islands
Kerguelen Islands
extendsTowards Antarctica
Broken Ridge
formedBy Kerguelen hotspot
mantle plume activity
formedDuring Cretaceous period
linked to: Cretaceous
geologicalProvince large igneous province
hasFeature broad shallow submarine platform
steep flanks
hasPart Elan Bank
Northern Kerguelen Plateau
linked to: Kerguelen Plateau

Skiff Bank
linked to: Norfolk Ridge

Southern Kerguelen Plateau
linked to: Kerguelen Plateau
hosts Kerguelen Islands
influences Southern Ocean circulation
Southern Ocean ecosystems
locatedIn southern Indian Ocean
locatedOn Indo-Australian Plate
near Antarctic Circumpolar Current
oceanBasin Indian Ocean Basin
partOf French Southern and Antarctic Lands
Indian Ocean
region sub-Antarctic
relatedTo Kerguelen plume
linked to: Kerguelen hotspot

Ninetyeast Ridge
Rajmahal Traps
researchField geophysics
marine geology
plate tectonics
significance important site for studying mantle plumes
one of the world’s largest large igneous provinces
sovereignState France
tectonicSetting Indian Ocean intraplate setting
usedFor paleoceanographic studies
paleoclimate reconstruction
volcanismType intraplate volcanism

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Referenced by (9)

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

Kerguelen Islands locatedOn Kerguelen Plateau
Grande Terre (Kerguelen) isPartOf Kerguelen Plateau
subject linked to: Grande Terre
Île Saint-Lanne Gramont nearbyFeature Kerguelen Plateau
Kerguelen Plateau hasPart Northern Kerguelen Plateau
linked to: Kerguelen Plateau
Kerguelen Plateau hasPart Southern Kerguelen Plateau
linked to: Kerguelen Plateau
Mont Ross volcanicField Kerguelen Plateau
Île du Port marineEcoregion Kerguelen Plateau
Île Haute marineEcoregion Kerguelen Plateau region
linked to: Kerguelen Plateau