Jan Mayen Ridge

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Jan Mayen Ridge is a prominent submarine volcanic ridge in the Arctic Ocean that extends between Greenland and the Norwegian Sea, forming part of the tectonic boundary in the North Atlantic region.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf submarine volcanic ridge
undersea geological feature
associatedWith Jan Mayen
surface form: Jan Mayen microcontinent
countryOffshoreFrom Greenland
Norway
extendsBetween Greenland
Norwegian Sea
formedBy seafloor spreading processes
geologicalAge Cenozoic
geologicalNature volcanic
hasEnvironment deep marine
hasFeature elevated oceanic crust
volcanic edifices
locatedIn Arctic Ocean
North Atlantic area
surface form: North Atlantic region
namedAfter Jan Mayen
near Jan Mayen
surface form: Jan Mayen Island
partOf Atlantic Ocean
surface form: North Atlantic Ocean basin

Mid-Atlantic Ridge
surface form: North Atlantic tectonic boundary

Azores Plateau
surface form: North Atlantic volcanic province
relatedTo Kolbeinsey Ridge
Mid-Atlantic Ridge
separates Greenland Sea
Norwegian Sea
studiedIn marine geophysics
plate tectonics research
tectonicRole plate boundary feature
tectonicSetting divergent plate boundary region
underlies Greenland Sea
surface form: Greenland Sea region

Norwegian Sea
surface form: Norwegian Sea region

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Greenland Sea separatedFromBy Jan Mayen Ridge