Kenn Plateau

The Kenn Plateau is a large piece of submerged continental crust off northeastern Australia that rifted from northeastern Australia about 63-52 mya, along with other nearby parts of the Zealandia continent.

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Oceanic features of Zealandia

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

Plateaux, ridges, and rises	Bellona Plateau 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 Macquarie Ridge Mellish Rise Norfolk Ridge Northland Plateau Puysegur Ridge Resolution Ridge Three Kings Ridge West Norfolk Ridge

Troughs and trenches	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 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 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

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

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