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             160˚E                                    170˚E                  Viti Levu  Suva  180˚
                                                   VANUATU                                   Koro
                                                   Erromango                      FIJI        Sea   Lau Group
                                                               North Fiji
                                                    Pentecost
           Bellona                                               Basin                                           Vava’u              1
           Plateau  New Caledonia  Trough CALEDONIA                                                  4m          Group
                                                                                                     (13ft)
                                    NEW                                                                 TONGA
                                        Loyalty Islands
                                                                                                 L a u   R i d g e  Group     20˚S
                                             New Hebrides Ridge
                                  Nouméa                                                               Tongatapu
                                                    N e w   H e b r i d e s  Tr e n ch                            Tonga        Trench
                                                                                                                     10,567m
                                                                                                                     (34,736ft)
                                                                                                               10,800m
               10m                                                                                 L a u   B a s i n  Tonga Ridge  (35,435ft)  170˚W  2
               (33ft)
                                     3,319m                                                                          Tropic of Capricorn
                                    (10,890ft)
                                                                          South Fiji
                                                                            Basin                           Ozbourn
           Lord Howe Seamounts
                                                                                                            Seamount
                                           Norfolk Ridge
                                                                                                           1,039m
                                         Norfolk                                                           (3,409ft)  Southwest
                                          Island                                                                      Pacific         3
                                  New Caledonia Basin
                                                          398m Three Kings Rise         Kermadec                      Basin
                                                         (1,306ft)                        Islands
      Derwent                                     Gazelle
      Hunter   Lord Howe Island
      Guyot                                        Basin                                  10,047m      PA CIFIC
                Ball’s Pyramid  Lord Howe Rise                                            (32,964ft)
       Barcoo                                                                       Havre  Trough
       Tablemount                               Reinga Ridge                                             OCEAN                30˚S
       Taupo                                                                 Colville Ridge  Kermadec  Trench
       Tablemount                       West Norfolk Ridge  Cape                 Kermadec Ridge                                      4
                                                        Reinga    Northland
                                                                   Plateau                                       L        5,655m
                                                                    Hauraki  Gulf  Raukumara               5,512m  u     (18,551ft)
                                                                                                                 o
                                                                                                                  i
                                                                                                                  s
                                                                              119m
                                                            Auckland    Plain  (390ft)                    (18,085ft)  v
        Gascoyne                                                                                                  i
        Seamount                                                        Bay of                                    l
                                                       NEW              Plenty  East                               l
                                                                              Cape
                                                                                                                   e
                                                     ZEALAND      North Island

                                      Bellona Valley  Challenger  Cape  Napier  Hawke Hikurangi  Trench             R d              5

                                                           Cape
                                                          Egmont
                                                                                                                    i
                                                                          Bay
                                                                                                                     g
               Tasman Sea                     Plateau  Farewell                                                       e
                                                                  Wellington
                                                                Cook Strait
                                                                 33m
                                                       Christchurch  (108ft)
                                                            Banks                                                             40˚S
          5,369m                                            Peninsula     Chatham Rise                                               6
                 Thomson  Trough           Fiordland Dunedin            Bounty  Trough     Islands                       sea level
                                                 South
         (17,616ft)                              Island  Canterbury                        Chatham                 KEY
                                                       Bight
                                                                                                                         250m
                                                                                                                         (800ft)
                                                                                                                         500m
                                        Foveaux Strait
                                      216m    Stewart Island                                                             (1,600ft)
                                      (709ft)                                                                            1,000m
                                          Snares                         Bounty                                          (3,300ft)
                                          Islands                        Islands
                                                      60m                                                                2,000m
                                                     (197ft)                                                             (6,500ft)   7
              4,298m                                                                                                     3,000m
              (14,102ft)                                           Antipodes                                             (9,800ft)
                                                                     Islands
                                                   Campbell                                                              5,000m
                                   Auckland                                           Bollons                            (16,400ft)
                                    Islands         Plateau                           Tablemount                      land
                        Macquarie Ridge          Campbell                  SCALE                            50˚S      seamount           ATLAS OF THE OCEANS
                                                 Island
                                                                                                                      sea depth
                                                                                                                      maximum depth
                                                                           0
                                                                              100
                                                                                         400
                                                                                             500km
                                                                                     300
                                                                                  200
                                                                                                                      on map
                                                                                                                      tectonic plate   8
                 Macquarie                                                 0    100   200   300   400    500  miles   boundary
                    Island
    150˚E                  160˚E                  170˚E                  180˚               170˚W                     160˚W
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