Challenger Plateau

Map of the Zealandia continent

The Challenger Plateau is a large submarine plateau west of New Zealand and south of the Lord Howe Rise. It has an approximate diameter of 500 km (310 mi) and an area of about 280,000 km² (110,000 sq mi). The water depth over the plateau varies between 500 m (1,600 ft) to 1,500 m (4,900 ft) and is covered by up to 3,500 m (11,500 ft) of sedimentary rocks of Upper Cretaceous to recent in age.^[1] The plateau originated in the Gondwanan breakup and is one of the five major submerged parts of Zealandia, a largely submerged continent.

References

↑ "Challenger Plateau". Geoscience Australia. 2012. Retrieved 7 September 2013.

Oceanic features of Zealandia

Major divisions	Western Province (North Zealandia) Eastern Province (South Zealandia) Hikurangi Plateau

Plateaux, ridges, and rises	Bellona Plateau Bounty Platform Campbell Plateau Challenger Plateau Chatham Rise Chesterfield Plateau Colville-Lau Ridge Dampier Ridge Fairway Ridge Kenn Plateau Kermadec-Tonga Ridge Lord Howe Plateau Louisiade Plateau Loyalty Ridge Macquarie Ridge Mellish Rise Norfolk Ridge Northland Plateau Puysegur Ridge Resolution Ridge Three Kings Ridge West Norfolk Ridge

Troughs and trenches	Bellona Gap Bellona Trough Bounty Trough Havre Trough Hikurangi Trench Kermadec Trench New Caledonia Trough Puysegur Trench Tonga Trench

Oceanic basins	Bellona Basin Campbell Basin Canterbury Basin Capel Basin Cato Basin Chatham Slope Dampier Basin Deepwater Taranaki Basin East Coast Basin Emerald Basin Fairway Basin Faust Basin Gower Basin Great South Basin Middleton Basin Monowai Basin Moore Basin New Caledonia Basin Norfolk Basin Northeast Slope Northland Basin Outer Campbell Basin Pegasus Basin Pukaki Basin Raukumara Basin Reinga Basin South Fiji Basin South Loyalty Basin Taranaki Basin Wanganui Basin West Coast Basin

Seamounts	Banc Capel Bollons Seamount Brothers Volcano Capel Guyot Clark Seamount Flinder's Seamount Gifford Guyot Gilbert Seamount Graveyard Seamounts Havre Seamount Healy Kermadec-Tonga Arc Lord Howe Seamount Chain Monowai Seamount Rumble III Seamount Rumble IV Seamount Rumble V Seamount South Kermadec Ridge Seamounts Tangaroa Seamount Tasmantid Seamount Chain

Other	Alpine Fault Kermadec Plate Maari oil field Macquarie Fault Maui gas field Pohokura field

Coordinates: 39°06′S 169°00′E / 39.1°S 169.0°E / -39.1; 169.0

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