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Macquarie Island is an exposed portion of the [[Macquarie Fault Zone|Macquarie Ridge]] and is located where the [[Australian Plate]] meets the [[Pacific Plate]]. The island lies close to the edge of the [[submerged continent]] of [[Zealandia]], but is not regarded as a part of it, because the Macquarie Ridge is [[oceanic crust]] rather than [[continental crust]].
It is the only place on Earth where rocks from the [[Earth's mantle]] ({{cvt|6|km|disp=comma}} below the [[seabed|ocean floor]]) are being actively exposed above sea-level. {{citation needed|date=
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