page_title: Agulhas Plateau
hierarchical_section_title: Agulhas Plateau
caption_attribution_description: Map of the Agulhas Bank, Ridge, Basin, and Plateau south of Africa.
context_page_description: The Agulhas Plateau is an oceanic plateau located in the south-western Indian Ocean about 500 km south of South Africa. It is a remainder of a large igneous province, the Southeast African LIP, that formed 140 to 95 million years ago at or near the triple junction where Gondwana broke-up into Antarctica, South America, and Africa. The plateau formed 100 to 94 Ma together with Northeast Georgia Rise and Maud Rise when the region passed over the Bouvet hotspot.
context_section_description: The Agulhas Plateau is an oceanic plateau located in the south-western Indian Ocean about 500 km (310 mi) south of South Africa.  It is a remainder of a large igneous province (LIP), the Southeast African LIP, that formed 140 to 95 million years ago (Ma) at or near the triple junction where Gondwana broke-up into Antarctica, South America, and Africa.  The plateau formed 100 to 94 Ma together with Northeast Georgia Rise and Maud Rise (now located near the Falkland Island and Antarctica respectively) when the region passed over the Bouvet hotspot.
caption: The Agulhas Plateau is limited by the Agulhas Passage to the north; by the Agulhas Basin to the west; and by the Transkei Basin to the north-east.[1]
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