Prostire se na 4.300 km sever-zapad od Pacifičko-Antarktičkog grebena do podmorske planine Osborn na spoju Tonga i Kermadeka.[9] To je dugačak niz podmorskih planina zvanih Luisvilski greben, koji je najduži takav lanac na Tihom okeanu,[10] i za koji se misli da je nastao od Tihookeanske ploče koja je nadišla preko dugovečnog centra rastopljene magme zvanog žarište Luisvil.
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