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)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Australian continent | 10 |
| Sahul Shelf canonical | 6 |
| Sahul Shelf region | 3 |
| Australian continental shelf | 2 |
| Sahul Platform | 1 |
| Sahul Shelf biogeographic region | 1 |
| Sahul Shelf from Wallacea | 1 |
| Sahul Shelf land areas | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1823362 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Sahul Shelf Context triple: [Timor Sea, hasPart, Sahul Shelf]
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A.
Cape York Peninsula
Cape York Peninsula is a large, sparsely populated tropical region forming the northernmost tip of Australia, known for its remote wilderness, Indigenous communities, and diverse ecosystems.
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B.
Arnhem Land
Arnhem Land is a vast, remote region in Australia’s Northern Territory known for its strong Aboriginal culture, traditional land ownership, and largely untouched wilderness.
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C.
Tasman Basin
The Tasman Basin is a deep oceanic basin on the seafloor between Australia and New Zealand, forming a major structural and sedimentary feature of the Tasman Sea.
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D.
Terra Australis
Terra Australis is a hypothesized vast southern continent that appeared on European maps from antiquity through the Age of Exploration, long before the actual mapping of Antarctica and Australia.
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E.
Sunda Shelf
The Sunda Shelf is a vast, shallow continental shelf in Southeast Asia that underlies much of the region’s seas and connects the submerged extensions of the Malay Peninsula, Borneo, Sumatra, and Java.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Sahul Shelf Target entity description: 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.
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A.
Cape York Peninsula
Cape York Peninsula is a large, sparsely populated tropical region forming the northernmost tip of Australia, known for its remote wilderness, Indigenous communities, and diverse ecosystems.
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B.
Arnhem Land
Arnhem Land is a vast, remote region in Australia’s Northern Territory known for its strong Aboriginal culture, traditional land ownership, and largely untouched wilderness.
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C.
Tasman Basin
The Tasman Basin is a deep oceanic basin on the seafloor between Australia and New Zealand, forming a major structural and sedimentary feature of the Tasman Sea.
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D.
Terra Australis
Terra Australis is a hypothesized vast southern continent that appeared on European maps from antiquity through the Age of Exploration, long before the actual mapping of Antarctica and Australia.
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E.
Sunda Shelf
The Sunda Shelf is a vast, shallow continental shelf in Southeast Asia that underlies much of the region’s seas and connects the submerged extensions of the Malay Peninsula, Borneo, Sumatra, and Java.
- F. None of above. chosen
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 ⓘ
surface form:
Bonaparte Basin margins
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 landmass
ⓘ
surface form:
Sahul (paleocontinent)
|
| nameLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf |
Oceania
ⓘ
surface form:
Australian continent
New Guinea ⓘ
surface form:
Sahul
|
| separatedBy |
the Wallace Line
ⓘ
surface form:
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
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Subject: Sahul Shelf Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (25)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.