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Challenger Plateau

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22: 682: 735: 41:. It has an approximate diameter of 500 km (310 mi) and an area of about 280,000 km (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 122: 719: 791: 115: 772: 643: 796: 108: 806: 712: 811: 460: 573: 568: 563: 558: 518: 765: 705: 155: 149: 758: 583: 548: 410: 375: 523: 445: 317: 200: 475: 425: 270: 205: 54: 578: 250: 490: 380: 350: 260: 619: 543: 440: 435: 180: 175: 82: 345: 297: 255: 533: 450: 415: 390: 385: 370: 365: 340: 235: 215: 210: 465: 455: 240: 801: 553: 420: 400: 395: 355: 292: 78: 360: 513: 405: 265: 220: 742: 689: 604: 470: 312: 280: 185: 42: 21: 614: 322: 166: 681: 629: 624: 609: 538: 485: 480: 284: 230: 38: 785: 528: 430: 332: 302: 245: 734: 599: 307: 225: 195: 131: 100: 34: 508: 46: 658: 645: 135: 58: 18:
Large submarine plateau west of New Zealand and south of the Lord Howe Rise
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This article about a specific oceanic location or ocean current is a
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Topographic map of Zealandia showing the Challenger Plateau
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breakup and is one of the five major submerged parts of
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New Zealand
Lord Howe Rise
sedimentary rocks
Cretaceous
Gondwanan
Zealandia
continent
"Challenger Plateau"
Geoscience Australia
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Oceanic features
Zealandia
Western Province
Eastern Province
Plateaux
Bellona Plateau
Bounty Platform
Campbell Plateau
Challenger Plateau
Chatham Rise
Chesterfield Plateau
Colville-Lau Ridge
Dampier Ridge
Fairway Ridge
Hikurangi Plateau
Kenn Plateau
Lord Howe Rise

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