Lord Howe Seamount Chain

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The Lord Howe Seamount Chain is a series of submarine volcanic mountains in the Tasman Sea, forming part of an ancient hotspot track associated with the Lord Howe Rise off eastern Australia.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Lord Howe Seamount Chain canonical 3
Lord Howe Island seamount 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf seamount chain
submarine volcanic mountain chain
associatedWith Lord Howe hotspot
bathymetry guyot-dominated
biogeographicRegion Temperate Southwest Pacific
country Australia
countryExclusiveEconomicZone Australia
dominantRockType alkaline basalt
ecosystemType deep-sea benthic habitats
extendsBetween northern Tasman Sea
southern Tasman Sea
featureOf Zealandia continent
formedAs age-progressive volcanic chain
formedBy intraplate volcanism
mantle plume activity
geologicalAge Cenozoic
geologicalProvince Lord Howe Rise
geologicalSetting hotspot track
hasGeomorphology guyots and volcanic cones
hasPart Balls Pyramid seamount
Capel Bank
Elizabeth Reef seamount
linked to: Elizabeth Reef

Gifford Guyot
Kelso Seamount
Lord Howe Island seamount
Middleton Reef seamount
linked to: Middleton Reef

Nova Bank
linked to: Aurora Bank
importance record of Australian Plate motion over hotspot
liesOn Lord Howe Rise plateau
linked to: Lord Howe Rise
locatedIn Tasman Sea
locatedOffCoastOf eastern Australia
near Lord Howe Island
Norfolk Ridge
ocean South Pacific Ocean
orientation north–south trending
orogeny intraplate volcanic province
partOf Lord Howe Rise
relatedTo East Australian hotspot track
Tasmantid Seamount Chain
researchField marine geology
plate tectonics
seafloorFeatureType hotspot seamount chain
submergedStatus mostly submarine
tectonicPlate Australian Plate
volcanicActivityStatus extinct

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

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

Lord Howe Rise contains Lord Howe Seamount Chain
Lord Howe Seamount Chain hasPart Lord Howe Island seamount
linked to: Lord Howe Seamount Chain
Lord Howe Island volcanic remnant partOf Lord Howe Seamount Chain
East Australian hotspot track relatedTo Lord Howe Seamount Chain