Lord Howe Seamount Chain
| Lord Howe Seamount Chain | |
|---|---|
Topographic map of Zealandia with the Lord Howe Rise to the north west of New Zealand labelled. | |
500km 311miles L o r d H o w e S e a m o u n t s Zeehaen Horsehead Seamount Chesterfield Plateau Nova Bank Argo Bank Kelso Bank Flinders Seamount Heemskerck Lord Howe Seamount Chain (yellow are seamounts, red islands) | |
| Location | |
| Location | Coral and Tasman seas |
| Coordinates | 26°22′36.7″S 159°15′37.9″E / 26.376861°S 159.260528°E |
| Geology | |
| Type | Seamount chain |
| Age of rock | |
The Lord Howe Seamount Chain formed during the Miocene. It features many coral-capped guyots and 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.