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    The Pacific-Antarctic Ridge (PAR, Antarctic Pacific Ridge, South Pacific Rise, South Pacific Ridge) is a divergent tectonic plate boundary located on the...
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    near 55°S 130°W / 55°S 130°W / -55; -130, where it joins the Pacific-Antarctic Ridge (PAR) trending west-south-west towards Antarctica, near New Zealand...
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    plates(Mid-Arctic Ridge) Pacific-Antarctic Ridge – Tectonic plate boundary in the South Pacific Ocean Central Indian Ridge – A north-south-trending mid-ocean ridge in...
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    the East Pacific Rise. [citation needed] The southern side is a divergent boundary with the Antarctic Plate forming the PacificAntarctic Ridge. [citation...
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    years ago, Pacific Plate and Antarctic Plate.: 146–149  The Emerald Fracture Zone is the westernmost portion of the Pacific-Antarctic Ridge and is a young...
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    the seamounts of the Pacific-Antarctic Ridge, a location thus thought to be important for spawning. Smaller, subadult Antarctic toothfish tend to concentrate...
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    The Antarctic-Phoenix Ridge, also called the Phoenix Ridge, is an extinct mid-ocean ridge that consisted of three spreading ridge segments between the...
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  • Hollister Ridge is a group of seamounts in the Pacific Ocean. They lie west from the Pacific-Antarctic Ridge and form three ridges that form a line; one...
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    into the Pacific-Antarctic Ridge (north of the South Pole) and merges with another ridge (south of South America) to form the East Pacific Rise which...
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    Ridge Galapagos Rise Explorer Ridge Juan de Fuca Ridge Pacific-Antarctic Ridge West Antarctic Rift System Southeast Indian Ridge Convergent boundary Transform...
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  • Pacific-Antarctic Ridge, oceanic ridge at the boundary between the Pacific and Antarctic tectonic plates Pacific-Farallon Ridge, former oceanic ridge at the...
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    portion of the Pacific Ocean. As one of the longest seamount chains on Earth it stretches some 4,300 km (2,700 mi) from the Pacific-Antarctic Ridge northwest...
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    boundaries in this part of the Pacific Ocean (the PacificAntarctic Ridge, the East Pacific Rise and the Chile Ridge) are divergent instead of convergent...
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  • Portuguese). 6 June 2024. Retrieved 14 June 2024. ANSS. "M 6.2 - Pacific-Antarctic Ridge 2024". Comprehensive Catalog. U.S. Geological Survey. ANSS. "M...
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    to develop a much colder climate. The Antarctic Plate is bounded almost entirely by extensional mid-ocean ridge systems. The adjoining plates are the...
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    Eltanin Fault System (category Geology of the Pacific Ocean)
    transform faults that offset the Pacific-Antarctic Ridge, a spreading zone between the Pacific Plate and the Antarctic Plate. This is extending by up to...
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    Plate started as the propagation of the Pacific-Antarctic Ridge continued. The last collision between Phoenix ridge segments and the subduction zone was...
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    Ridge Kula-Farallon Ridge Lord Howe Rise Magellan Rise Mid-Pacific Mountains Nazca Ridge Norfolk Ridge Pacific-Antarctic Ridge Pacific-Farallon Ridge...
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    Kiwa hirsuta (category Crustaceans of the eastern Pacific Ocean)
    discovery was announced on 7 March 2006. It was found along the Pacific-Antarctic Ridge, 1,500 kilometres (930 mi) south of Easter Island at a depth of...
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    hirsuta discovered in 2005 on the Pacific-Antarctic Ridge, Kiwa puravida discovered in 2006 at cold seeps in the East Pacific (all other species are from hydrothermal...
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    with a remarkably symmetric magnetic anomaly profile from the Pacific-Antarctic Ridge. The Vine–Matthews-Morley hypothesis correlates the symmetric magnetic...
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    The Pacific-Farallon Ridge was a spreading ridge during the Late Cretaceous that extended 10,000 km in length and separated the Pacific Plate to the west...
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  • Peru Pacific-Antarctic Ridge – Tectonic plate boundary in the South Pacific Ocean Central Indian Ridge – A north-south-trending mid-ocean ridge in the...
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  • Aïssa, Algeria". 14 May 2010. "M 6.0 - Pacific-Antarctic Ridge". 19 May 2010. "M 6.0 - Pacific-Antarctic Ridge". 19 May 2010. "M 6.1 - 4 km WNW of Sacsamarca...
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    Louisville hotspot (category Hotspots of the Pacific Ocean)
    formed the Louisville Ridge in the southern Pacific Ocean. The Louisville hotspot is believed to lie close to the Pacific-Antarctic Ridge, although its exact...
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    (Crustacea, Decapoda, Anomura) from the hydrothermal vents of the Pacific-Antarctic Ridge" (PDF). Zoosystema. 27 (4): 709–723. Tregear, Edward (1891). The...
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    Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC) and Pacific-Antarctic Ridge bathymetry, and to the south by the Antarctic Slope Current (ASC) and the Antarctic continental...
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  • Foundation Seamounts (category Seamounts of the Pacific Ocean)
    southern Pacific Ocean. Discovered in 1992, these seamounts form a 1,350 kilometres (840 mi) long chain which starts from the Pacific-Antarctic Ridge. Some...
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  • magnetic profiles across the Pacific-Antarctic Ridge were symmetrical and matched the pattern in the north Atlantic's Reykjanes ridge. The same magnetic anomalies...
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    Central Indian Ridge Southeast Indian Ridge Pacific-Antarctic Ridge East Pacific Rise Ninety East Ridge By IAU convention, lunar mountain ranges are...
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