🌊 Hikurangi Plateau

New Zealand · Oceania · 41.45°S, 179.05°E

The Hikurangi Plateau is an oceanic plateau in the South Pacific Ocean east of the North Island of New Zealand. It is part of a large igneous province (LIP) together with Manihiki and Ontong Java, now located 3,000 km (1,900 mi) and 3,500 km (2,200 mi) north of Hikurangi respectively. Mount Hikurangi, in Māori mythology the first part of the North Island to emerge from the ocean, gave its name to the plateau.

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Quick facts

Country	New Zealand
Continent / region	Oceania
Coordinates (approx.)	41.45°S, 179.05°E · view on map

Hikurangi Plateau is located in New Zealand, in Oceania.

More oceanic plateaus in New Zealand

Bounty Plateau · Campbell Plateau · Challenger Plateau.

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