geo.wikisort.org - MountainsBanc Capel is a guyot, or flat-topped underwater volcano, in the Coral Sea.
Guyot, or flat-topped underwater volcano, in the Coral Sea
Description
Banc Capel is a guyot – a former atoll with steep sides and a flat top – and is swept by strong currents. There are no sandy or muddy substrates, the surface being occupied by rocks or gravel scree.[2]
Biodiversity
Banc Capel is inhabited by species including Nassarius alabasteroides and Laurentaeglyphea.[3][4][5][2][6] It is dominated by sponges, including the genus Phloedictyon and gorgonians. Other decapods found in the same trawls including the slipper lobster Ibacus brucei, the crab Randallia and swimming crabs.[2]
Notes and references
Oceanic features of Zealandia |
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Major divisions |
- Western Province (North Zealandia)
- Eastern Province (South Zealandia)
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Plateaux, ridges, and rises |
- 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 Plateau
- Loyalty Ridge
- Mellish Rise
- Norfolk Ridge
- Northland Plateau
- Puysegur Ridge
- Resolution Ridge
- Three Kings Ridge
- West Norfolk Ridge
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Troughs and trenches |
- Bellona Gap
- Bellona Trough
- Bounty Trough
- Havre Trough
- Hikurangi Trench
- New Caledonia Trough
- Puysegur Trench
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Oceanic basins |
- Bellona Basin
- Campbell Basin
- Canterbury Basin
- Capel Basin
- Cato Basin
- Chatham Slope
- Dampier Basin
- 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
- Outer Campbell Basin
- Pegasus Basin
- Pukaki Basin
- Raukumara Basin
- Reinga Basin
- South Fiji Basin
- South Loyalty Basin
- Taranaki Basin
- Wanganui Basin
- West Coast Basin
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Seamounts | |
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Other |
- Alpine Fault
- Hikurangi Margin
- Kermadec Plate
- Maari oil field
- Maui gas field
- Pohokura field
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На других языках
- [en] Banc Capel
[ru] Кейпел
Кейпел[1] (англ. Banc Capel) — это гайот, или подводный вулкан с плоской вершиной, в Коралловом море.
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