East Tasman Plateau
Submerged microcontinent south east of Tasmania / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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43.96°S 150.48°E / -43.96; 150.48
The East Tasman Plateau is a submerged microcontinent south east of Tasmania. Its area is 50,000 square kilometres (19,000 sq mi), and it is mostly from 2,500 to 3,000 metres (8,200 to 9,800 ft) deep.[1] It is a circular piece of continental rocks surrounded by oceanic crust. Volcanism occurred there 36 million years ago.[2] The East Tasman Plateau is separated from the island of Tasmania by 100 kilometres (62 mi) of deeper water, and the East Tasman Saddle is a higher ridge connecting the plateau to the Freycinet Peninsula region of the Tasmanian East Coast.[1] This ridge runs north west from the plateau.[1] South-west of the plateau is the L'Atalante Depression.[3] The East Tasman Plateau represents a continental fragment.