Lord Howe Seamount Chain
Seamount chain east of Australia that includes Lord Howe Island / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Lord Howe Seamount Chain formed during the Miocene. It features many coral-capped guyots and is one of the two parallel seamount chains alongside the east coast of Australia; the Lord Howe and Tasmantid seamount chains both run north-south through parts of the Coral Sea and Tasman Sea.[2][3] These chains have longitudes of approximately 159°E and 156°E respectively.[2]
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Lord Howe Seamount Chain | |
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Location | |
Location | Coral and Tasman seas |
Coordinates | 26°22′36.7″S 159°15′37.9″E |
Geology | |
Type | Seamount chain |
Age of rock | 28–6.4 Ma[1] |
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