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