🎳 Shatsky Rise

Other · Other · 32.03°N, 158.07°E

The Shatsky Rise is Earth's third largest oceanic plateau, located in the north-west Pacific Ocean 1,500 km (930 mi) east of Japan. It is one of a series of Pacific Cretaceous large igneous provinces (LIPs) together with Hess Rise, Magellan Rise, and Ontong Java-Manihiki-Hikurangi. It was named for Nikolay Shatsky (1895-1960), a Soviet geologist, expert in tectonics of ancient platforms.

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Country	Other
Continent / region	Other
Coordinates (approx.)	32.03°N, 158.07°E · view on map

Shatsky Rise is located in Other, in Other.

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