Oceanic basin in the south-west Pacific Ocean between Fiji and New Zealand
South Fiji Basin
Stratigraphic range: 33–15 Ma[1][2]
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Fiji
Vanuatu
Lau Basin
New Hebrides Trench
Hunter Fracture Zone
Lau Ridge
South Fiji Basin
Tonga Trench
Kermadec Trench
Minerva Abyssal Plain
Kupe Abyssal Plain
Tonga- Kerm- adec Ridge
Cook fracture zone
Colville Ridge
Hikurangi
Trough
Three Kings Ridge
New Zealand
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The South Fiji Basin is surrounded to the north and east by more geologically active Pacific Ocean seafloor features. The Zealandia continental margin is shown in black.
The South Fiji Basin ( also Fiji Basin[5] ) is a large 4 to 4.7 km (2.5 to 2.9 mi) deep[3] oceanic basin in the south-west Pacific Ocean, south of Fiji. It was formed from the then Indo-Australian Plate and is delimited to the north west by the New Hebrides Trench, and the Hunter Fracture Zone, to the west by the Three Kings Ridge, to the east by the Lau-Colville Ridge, and to the south by the continental shelf of Zealandia.
^Todd et al. 2011, Section:2.1.3. South Fiji Basin
^Mortimer et al. 2007, Sections:Abstract, Conclusions
^ abPackham & Terrill 1975, p617
^Packham, Gordon H; Andrews, James E. (1975). "26. RESULTS OF LEG 30 AND THE GEOLOGIC HISTORY OF THE SOUTHWEST PACIFIC ARC AND MARGINAL SEA COMPLEX" (PDF). deepseadrilling.org. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
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