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| Nieuwerkerk | |
|---|---|
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| Summit depth | 2,285 metres (7,497 feet) |
| Location | |
| Location | Banda Sea |
| Coordinates | 6°36′S 124°40.5′E / 6.600°S 124.6750°E |
| Country | Indonesia |
| Geology | |
| 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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- ^ 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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