Lau Basin

Summary

Lau Basin is a back-arc basin^[1]. It draws 24 Wikipedia views per month (back_arc_basin category, ranking #1 of 1).^[2]

Key Facts

• Lau Basin is in the country of Tonga^[3].
• Lau Basin is in the country of New Zealand^[4].
• Lau Basin's instance of is recorded as back-arc basin^[5].
• Lau Islands is named after Lau Basin^[6].
• Lau Basin's locator map image is recorded as Lau Basin-NOAA-Tectonic features hires.jpg^[7].
• Lau Basin's locator map image is recorded as Kermadec Arc.jpg^[8].
• Lau Basin's Commons category is recorded as Lau Basin^[9].
• Lau Basin's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': -20, 'lon': -177}^[10].
• Lau Basin's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0dgp5pd^[11].
• Lau Basin's GeoNames ID is recorded as 4032540^[12].
• Lau Basin's GNS Unique Feature ID is recorded as -2778172^[13].
• Lau Basin's Quora topic ID is recorded as Lau-Basin^[14].
• Lau Basin's Wolfram Language entity code is recorded as Entity["UnderseaFeature", "LauBasin"]^[15].
• Lau Basin's New Zealand Gazetteer place ID is recorded as 14153^[16].
• Lau Basin's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2777424304^[17].
• Lau Basin's OpenStreetMap node ID is recorded as 11054016282^[18].

Body

Geography

Country listings include Tonga^[3], a country^[19], in Tonga^[20], founded in 1970^[21] and New Zealand^[4], a Commonwealth realm^[22], in New Zealand^[23], founded in 1986^[24].

Designation and Status

Lau Basin's instance of is recorded as back-arc basin^[5].

History and Context

Lau Islands is named after Lau Basin^[6].

Why It Matters

Lau Basin draws 24 Wikipedia views per month (back_arc_basin category, ranking #1 of 1).^[2]