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 7
Kerguelen Plateau region 2
Northern Kerguelen Plateau 1

How this entity was disambiguated

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 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (11)

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
Patagonian toothfish → nativeTo → Kerguelen Plateau ⓘ
Mawson Peak → geologicalSetting → Kerguelen Plateau region ⓘ
linked to: Kerguelen Plateau