South Scotia Ridge
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The South Scotia Ridge is a major submarine mountain chain in the Southern Ocean forming part of the tectonic boundary between the Scotia Plate and the Antarctic Plate.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Antarctic–Scotia plate boundary | 1 |
Statements (36)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
submarine mountain chain
ⓘ
tectonic feature ⓘ |
| bathymetricCharacter | submarine ridge ⓘ |
| countryOffshoreFrom | Antarctica ⓘ |
| formedBy | interaction of Scotia Plate and Antarctic Plate ⓘ |
| formsBoundaryBetween |
Antarctic Plate
ⓘ
Scotia Plate ⓘ |
| geologicalAge | Cenozoic ⓘ |
| geologicalProvince |
Scotia Sea
ⓘ
surface form:
Scotia Sea region
|
| hasFeature |
complex fault systems
ⓘ
steep bathymetric gradients ⓘ |
| influences |
exchange between Weddell Sea and Scotia Sea
ⓘ
ocean circulation in Scotia Sea ⓘ pathways of Antarctic Circumpolar Current ⓘ |
| isPartOf |
South Scotia Ridge
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Antarctic–Scotia plate boundary
plate boundary system of Scotia Plate ⓘ |
| isStudiedIn |
Southern Ocean oceanography
ⓘ
marine geophysics ⓘ plate tectonics ⓘ |
| liesEastOf | Antarctic Peninsula ⓘ |
| liesNorthOf | Weddell Sea ⓘ |
| liesSouthOf | Scotia Sea ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Southern Ocean ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Scotia Arc
ⓘ
surface form:
Scotia region
|
| oceanographicRegion |
Antarctic Circumpolar Current
ⓘ
surface form:
Antarctic Circumpolar Current domain
|
| partOf | Scotia Arc ⓘ |
| relatedFeature |
North Scotia Ridge
ⓘ
South Orkney Microcontinent ⓘ South Sandwich Trench ⓘ |
| separates |
Scotia Sea
ⓘ
South Atlantic sector of the Southern Ocean ⓘ
surface form:
South Atlantic sector of Southern Ocean
Weddell Sea ⓘ |
| tectonicProcess | subduction and transcurrent motion ⓘ |
| tectonicRole | links Drake Passage region to South Sandwich subduction system ⓘ |
| tectonicSetting | convergent plate boundary ⓘ |
| trend | generally east–west ⓘ |
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Antarctic–Scotia plate boundary