Lord Howe Trough
E440840
Lord Howe Trough is a deep submarine basin in the Tasman Sea, separating the Lord Howe Rise from the Australian mainland and forming part of the complex tectonic structure of the southwest Pacific Ocean floor.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Lord Howe Trough canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4406964 — 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.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lord Howe Trough Context triple: [Lord Howe Rise, adjacentTo, Lord Howe Trough]
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A.
Mariana Trough
The Mariana Trough is a back-arc basin in the western Pacific Ocean formed by seafloor spreading behind the Mariana subduction zone.
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B.
Lord Howe Rise
Lord Howe Rise is a vast submerged continental plateau in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, forming part of the largely underwater continent Zealandia between Australia and New Zealand.
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C.
Timor Trough
Timor Trough is a deep oceanic trench south of the island of Timor that marks a major tectonic boundary between the Australian and Eurasian plates.
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D.
Fiji Basin
The Fiji Basin is a deep oceanic basin in the South Pacific characterized by complex seafloor topography and active tectonic and volcanic processes.
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E.
South Sandwich Trench
The South Sandwich Trench is a deep oceanic trench near the South Sandwich Islands, known as one of the deepest points in the Southern Ocean and a significant site for studying subduction and extreme marine environments.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lord Howe Trough Target entity description: Lord Howe Trough is a deep submarine basin in the Tasman Sea, separating the Lord Howe Rise from the Australian mainland and forming part of the complex tectonic structure of the southwest Pacific Ocean floor.
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A.
Mariana Trough
The Mariana Trough is a back-arc basin in the western Pacific Ocean formed by seafloor spreading behind the Mariana subduction zone.
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B.
Lord Howe Rise
Lord Howe Rise is a vast submerged continental plateau in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, forming part of the largely underwater continent Zealandia between Australia and New Zealand.
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C.
Timor Trough
Timor Trough is a deep oceanic trench south of the island of Timor that marks a major tectonic boundary between the Australian and Eurasian plates.
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D.
Fiji Basin
The Fiji Basin is a deep oceanic basin in the South Pacific characterized by complex seafloor topography and active tectonic and volcanic processes.
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E.
South Sandwich Trench
The South Sandwich Trench is a deep oceanic trench near the South Sandwich Islands, known as one of the deepest points in the Southern Ocean and a significant site for studying subduction and extreme marine environments.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (36)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
oceanic basin
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submarine trough ⓘ |
| adjacentTo |
Australian mainland
ⓘ
Lord Howe Rise NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| age | Mesozoic–Cenozoic ⓘ |
| boundedBy |
Australian continental slope to the west
ⓘ
Lord Howe Rise to the east NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contains | thick sedimentary sequences ⓘ |
| countryOffshoreFrom | Australia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| floorType | deep-sea basin ⓘ |
| formedBy |
back-arc style extension
ⓘ
continental rifting ⓘ |
| geologicalProvince | Zealandia region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| geologicalSignificance |
key structure in evolution of Zealandia–Australia margin
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records rifting history of Tasman Sea ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
complex faulted morphology
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steep basin margins ⓘ |
| liesBetween | eastern Australia and Lord Howe Rise ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Tasman Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| maximumDepth | over 3000 m ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Lord Howe Island region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ocean | Pacific Ocean ⓘ |
| orientation | north–south ⓘ |
| partOf |
Australian plate margin
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tasman Sea tectonic system NERFINISHED ⓘ southwest Pacific Ocean floor ⓘ |
| region | Southwest Pacific NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Tasman Sea opening
ⓘ
separation of Australia and Zealandia ⓘ |
| sedimentSource |
Australian continental margin
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Lord Howe Rise NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| separates |
Australian continental margin
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Lord Howe Rise NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| studiedIn |
marine geophysics
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plate tectonics research ⓘ |
| tectonicSetting | extensional basin ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Lord Howe Trough Description of subject: Lord Howe Trough is a deep submarine basin in the Tasman Sea, separating the Lord Howe Rise from the Australian mainland and forming part of the complex tectonic structure of the southwest Pacific Ocean floor.
Referenced by (1)
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