Nieuwerkerk (volcano) explained

Nieuwerkerk
Depth:2,285 metres (7,497 feet)
Coordinates:-6.6°N 164.5°W
Type:submarine volcano
Last Eruption:1927?

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.[1] The NEC ridge were dredged at depths ranging from 3,100–2,700 metres (10,170–8,858 ft).

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Notes and References

  1. A Neogene back-arc origin for the Banda Sea basins: geochemical and geochronological constraints from the Banda ridges (East Indonesia) . Tectonophysics . 298 . 4 . 1998 . 297–317 . 10.1016/S0040-1951(98)00190-5 . 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 . 1998Tectp.298..297H.

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