South Georgia microcontinent

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The South Georgia microcontinent is a submerged fragment of continental crust in the South Atlantic Ocean associated with the Scotia Arc and the island of South Georgia.

All labels observed (5)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (41)

Predicate Object
instanceOf fragment of continental crust ⓘ
microcontinent ⓘ
associatedWith South Georgia Island ⓘ
boundedBy East Scotia Ridge ⓘ
North Scotia Ridge ⓘ
South Georgia Basin ⓘ
South Sandwich Trench ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
crustType continental crust ⓘ
exposedPortion South Georgia Island ⓘ
formedBy rifting ⓘ
transform faulting ⓘ
geologicalAge Mesozoic ⓘ
geologicalOrigin Gondwana ⓘ
liesOn Scotia Arc ⓘ
locatedEastOf Falkland Islands ⓘ
locatedIn South Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
linked to: South Atlantic

Southern Ocean ⓘ
locatedNear Scotia Sea ⓘ
locatedNortheastOf Drake Passage ⓘ
locatedNorthOf Antarctic Peninsula ⓘ
movement eastward relative to South America ⓘ
oceanicSurroundings oceanic crust of Scotia Sea ⓘ
overlappedBy South Georgia Island ⓘ
partOf Scotia Arc ⓘ
relatedStructure Falkland Plateau ⓘ
Scotia Arc microcontinents ⓘ
South Orkney microcontinent ⓘ
relatedTo Gondwana breakup ⓘ
researchField marine geology ⓘ
paleogeography ⓘ
plate tectonics ⓘ
separatedFrom Antarctic Peninsula ⓘ
South American continental margin ⓘ
studyMethod bathymetric mapping ⓘ
gravity and magnetic data analysis ⓘ
marine seismic reflection surveys ⓘ
submerged true ⓘ
tectonicSetting Antarctic Plate ⓘ
Scotia Plate ⓘ
South American Plate ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (8)

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

Scotia Arc → hasPart → South Georgia microcontinent ⓘ
Mount Paget → geologicalSetting → South Georgia microcontinent ⓘ
Cumberland Bay → partOf → South Georgia coastline ⓘ
linked to: South Georgia microcontinent
Mount Carse → category → Mountains of South Georgia ⓘ
linked to: South Georgia microcontinent
Mount Brooker → isPartOf → South Georgia mountainous interior ⓘ
linked to: South Georgia microcontinent
Brøgger Glacier → partOf → South Georgia mountainous interior ⓘ
linked to: South Georgia microcontinent
Salomon Glacier → isPartOf → South Georgia mountainous interior ⓘ
linked to: South Georgia microcontinent
Falkland Plateau → separatedFrom → South Georgia Ridge ⓘ
linked to: South Georgia microcontinent