Sahul landmass

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The Sahul landmass was the prehistoric supercontinent that once connected present-day Australia, New Guinea, and Tasmania during periods of low sea level.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Australian continent 5
Australia-New Guinea continent 1
Sahul (paleocontinent) 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf paleogeographic region ⓘ
prehistoric landmass ⓘ
submerged continent ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Greater Australia ⓘ
Meganesia ⓘ
Sahul Shelf ⓘ
associatedWith Pleistocene megafauna of Australia ⓘ
early human migration into Australia ⓘ
borderedBy Arafura Sea ⓘ
Coral Sea ⓘ
Indian Ocean ⓘ
Pacific Ocean ⓘ
Timor Sea ⓘ
characterizedBy exposed continental shelf ⓘ
low sea levels ⓘ
connected Australia ⓘ
New Guinea ⓘ
Tasmania ⓘ
connectedBy land bridge ⓘ
shallow continental shelf ⓘ
exposedDuring glacial periods ⓘ
formedDuring Pleistocene epoch ⓘ
hasPart Arafura Shelf ⓘ
Australian mainland ⓘ
linked to: Australia

Bassian Plain ⓘ
Tasmania ⓘ
Torres Strait region ⓘ
linked to: Torres Strait

island of New Guinea ⓘ
linked to: New Guinea
locatedIn Australasia ⓘ
linked to: Oceania

Indo-Pacific region ⓘ
Southern Hemisphere ⓘ
nowFragmentedInto Australia ⓘ
New Guinea ⓘ
Tasmania ⓘ
partOf Australia-New Guinea continent ⓘ
linked to: Sahul landmass
separatedBy Wallace Line ⓘ
linked to: the Wallace Line

deep ocean trenches ⓘ
separatedFrom Sunda Shelf ⓘ
studiedIn Quaternary science ⓘ
archaeology ⓘ
biogeography ⓘ
paleogeography ⓘ
submergedDuring Holocene sea-level rise ⓘ
interglacial periods ⓘ
supports unique Australasian biota ⓘ
timePeriod Last Glacial Maximum ⓘ
Late Pleistocene ⓘ
linked to: Last Glacial Period

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (8)

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

Sahul Shelf → associatedWith → Sahul landmass ⓘ
Sahul Shelf → namedAfter → Sahul (paleocontinent) ⓘ
linked to: Sahul landmass
Australia craton (in many models) → partOf → Australian continent ⓘ
linked to: Sahul landmass
Tweed Volcano → partOf → Australian continent ⓘ
linked to: Sahul landmass
Southern Australia → partOf → Australian continent ⓘ
subject linked to: southern Australia
linked to: Sahul landmass
British colonisation of Australia → location → Australian continent ⓘ
linked to: Sahul landmass
Mount Oxley → locatedOnLandmass → Australian continent ⓘ
linked to: Sahul landmass
Sahul landmass → partOf → Australia-New Guinea continent ⓘ
linked to: Sahul landmass