The Tasmantid Seamount Chain is a 2,000 km (1,200 mi) long chain of seamounts in the South Pacific Ocean. The chain consists of over 16 extinct volcanic peaks, many rising more than 4,000 m (13,000 ft) from the seabed.[1][2] It 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. These chains have longitudes of approximately 159°E and 156°E respectively.[3]

Tasmantid Seamount Chain
Topographic map of Zealandia that includes the unlabelled Tasmantid Seamount Chain (above the label Australia) off the east of Australia extending from the Coral Sea southwards into the Tasman Sea.
Tasmantid Seamount Chain (click on location for individual names)
Location
Location	Coral and Tasman seas
Coordinates	31°00′S 156°00′E
Geology
Type	Seamount chain

Like its neighbour, the Tasmantid Seamount Chain has resulted from the Indo-Australian Plate moving northward over a stationary hotspot.[4] It ranges in age from 40 to 6 million years old.[1] Alternative names for the Tasmantid Seamount Chain include the Tasmantid Seamounts, Tasman Seamounts, Tasman Seamount Chain, Tasmantide Volcanoes or simply the Tasmantids.[5]

Features

The Tasmantid Seamount Chain includes the following:

• Barcoo Bank 32°35′00″S 156°15′00″E[6]
• Brisbane Guyot 26°59′00″S 155°05′00″E[6]
• Britannia Guyots 28°17′00″S 155°38′00″E[6]
• Cato Reef 23°13′S 155°34′E[6]
• Derwent Hunter Guyot 30°52′00″S 156°11′00″E[6]
• Fraser Seamount 24°26′00″S 155°17′00″E[6]
• Gascoyne Seamount 36°41′00″S 156°07′00″E[6]
• Kenn Reef 21°12′S 155°43′E[6]
• Moreton Seamount 26°01′00″S 154°58′00″E[6]
• Queensland Guyot 27°35′00″S 155°11′00″E[6]
• Recorder Guyot 25°12′00″S 154°56′00″E[6]
• Stradbroke Seamount 29°05′00″S 155°45′00″E[6]
• Taupo Bank 31°00′S 156°00′E[6]
• Wreck Reefs 22°11′S 155°20′E[6]

References