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Kōrero: Sea floor

Gisborne Knolls

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Gisborne Knolls

A deep-water seamount, called the Gisborne Knolls, lies east of the North Island. This image shows some small corals and sea anemones attached to the rocky sea floor at a depth of 2,600 metres.

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NIWA – National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research

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Ashley Rowden, Sea floor – Life on the deep sea floor, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/8956/gisborne-knolls (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Ashley Rowden, i tāngia i te 2 March 2009.