Tehuantepec Ridge

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submarine volcanic ridge tectonic feature

Tehuantepec Ridge is a prominent submarine volcanic ridge on the Cocos Plate in the eastern Pacific Ocean, extending toward the Middle America Trench off the coast of southern Mexico.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf submarine volcanic ridge ⓘ
tectonic feature ⓘ
affects seismicity along Middle America Trench ⓘ
associatedWith Cocos Plate subduction ⓘ
bathymetricExpression prominent ridge on seafloor ⓘ
continentOffshoreFrom North America ⓘ
countryOffshoreFrom Mexico ⓘ
extendsToward Middle America Trench ⓘ
featureType oceanic ridge ⓘ
formedBy volcanic and tectonic processes on Cocos Plate ⓘ
geologicalAge Cenozoic ⓘ
geologicalOrigin volcanic ⓘ
geologicalSetting subduction zone ⓘ
influences subduction geometry beneath southern Mexico ⓘ
isSubmarine true ⓘ
isVolcanic true ⓘ
liesSouthOf Mexican mainland ⓘ
locatedIn eastern Pacific Ocean ⓘ
locatedOn Cocos Plate ⓘ
namedAfter Isthmus of Tehuantepec ⓘ
ocean Pacific Ocean ⓘ
offCoastOf southern Mexico ⓘ
orientedToward Middle America Trench ⓘ
partOf East Pacific tectonic system ⓘ
plateBoundaryContext Cocos–Caribbean plate boundary ⓘ
Cocos–North America plate boundary ⓘ
region offshore Chiapas ⓘ
offshore Oaxaca ⓘ
separates different crustal domains of the Cocos Plate ⓘ
tectonicPlate Cocos Plate ⓘ
tectonicRole bathymetric high entering Middle America Trench ⓘ

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Cocos Plate → hasFeature → Tehuantepec Ridge ⓘ