Aves Ridge

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Aves Ridge is a submarine volcanic ridge in the Caribbean Sea that forms a prominent geological boundary between the Venezuelan Basin and the eastern Caribbean region.

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Aves Ridge canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf submarine volcanic ridge
undersea geological feature
ageCharacteristic Mesozoic–Cenozoic (approximate)
associatedWith Venezuelan Basin
Eastern Caribbean
surface form: eastern Caribbean Sea
formedBy volcanic processes
formsBoundaryBetween Venezuelan Basin
eastern Caribbean region
geologicalBoundaryFor Venezuelan Basin
eastern Caribbean region
geologicalNature volcanic
hasEnvironment deep-marine
isKeyStructureIn Caribbean tectonic evolution
isProminentFeatureIn eastern Caribbean bathymetry
locatedIn Caribbean Sea
locatedInRegion Lesser Antilles
surface form: Lesser Antilles area
morphologicalType ridge
orientation roughly north–south
partOf Caribbean Plate
relatedTo Aves Island NERFINISHED
separates Venezuelan Basin
eastern Caribbean region
studiedInDiscipline marine geology
plate tectonics
submarine true
tectonicSetting intra-Caribbean
underlies Caribbean Sea seafloor

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.