🌊 Oceanic Plateaus of the World

These are notable oceanic plateaus — vast, rugged submarine plateaus of the deep sea floor, built mainly by enormous outpourings of volcanic rock, rising hundreds to thousands of metres above the abyssal plain yet still far below the surface, from the Kerguelen and Ontong Java plateaus to the Hikurangi and Manihiki. Each profile shows where the plateau lies, its nearest country, and a plain-English introduction from Wikipedia.

19 oceanic plateaus from 4 countries are covered below, grouped by continent. Open any oceanic plateau for its full profile.

Antarctica (1) Oceania (6)

Antarctica (1 oceanic plateaus)

Oceania (6 oceanic plateaus)

Coordinates are approximate locations. Descriptions: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), cached on our server. Data sourced from Wikidata. Related: Mountains · Lakes · Islands · World Heritage.