Queensland Guyot
| Queensland Guyot | |
|---|---|
  Location of the Queensland Guyot | |
| Summit depth | 419 metres (1,375 ft)[1] |
| Location | |
| Location | To the east of the coast off Brisbane, Queensland, Australia |
| Group | Tasmantid Seamount Chain |
| Coordinates | 27°35′00″S 155°11′01″E / 27.58333°S 155.18361°E |
| Geology | |
| Type | Guyot |
The Queensland Guyot is an extinct volcanic seamount of the Tasmantid Seamount Chain.
It is a basaltic volcano that erupted about 20,900,000 years ago,[2] with survey data that indicates it rises about 4,000 m (13,000 ft) above the local sea floor to a minimum depth of 419 m (1,375 ft).[1] It is just to the north of the Britannia Guyots and is connected to them by a ridge that rises about 2,000 m (6,600 ft) from the sea floor. It was described as a seamount in 1961.[3]
The waters above it are incorporated in the Central Eastern Marine Park, an Australian marine park.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "GEBCO Undersea Feature Names Gazetteer".
- ^ Eggins, S. M.; Green, David Headley; Falloon, Trevor J. (1991). "The Tasmantid seamounts: Shallow melting and contamination of an EM1 mantle plume". Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 107 (3–4): 448–462. Bibcode:1991E&PSL.107..448E. doi:10.1016/0012-821X(91)90092-V.
- ^ Standard, J. C. (1961). "Submarine Geology of the Tasman Sea". Geological Society of America Bulletin. 72 (12): 1777–1788. doi:10.1130/0016-7606(1961)72[1777:SGOTTS]2.0.CO;2.
- ^ "Temperate East Marine Parks Network Management Plan 2018" (PDF). Parks Australia. Retrieved August 16, 2018.