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Nieuwerkerk (volcano)

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Submarine volcano in the Banda Sea, Indonesia
Nieuwerkerk
Nieuwerkerk (volcano) is located in MalukuNieuwerkerk (volcano)Banda Sea
Summit depth2,285 metres (7,497 feet)
Location
LocationBanda Sea
Coordinates6°36′S 124°40.5′E / 6.600°S 124.6750°E / -6.600; 124.6750
CountryIndonesia
Geology
Typesubmarine volcano
Last eruption1927?

Nieuwerkerk is a submarine volcano in the Banda Sea, Indonesia. Along with the Emperor of China submarine volcano, the two twin forms a ridge (NEC ridge) on the seabed. The NEC ridge were dredged at depths ranging from 3,100–2,700 metres (10,170–8,858 ft).

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References

  1. Christian Honthaasa; Jean-Pierre Réhaulta; René C. Maurya; Hervé Bellona; Christophe Hémonda; Jacques-André Maloda; Jean-Jacques Cornéeb; Michel Villeneuveb; Joseph Cottena; Safri Burhanuddinc; Hervé Guilloud; Nicolas Arnaud (1998). "A Neogene back-arc origin for the Banda Sea basins: geochemical and geochronological constraints from the Banda ridges (East Indonesia)". Tectonophysics. 298 (4): 297–317. Bibcode:1998Tectp.298..297H. doi:10.1016/S0040-1951(98)00190-5.


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