Knipovich Ridge

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Knipovich Ridge is a slow-spreading mid-ocean ridge in the Arctic Ocean, forming part of the boundary between the Eurasian and North American tectonic plates.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Knipovich Ridge canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf mid-ocean ridge
slow-spreading ridge
tectonic plate boundary
associatedWith hydrothermal activity
seafloor spreading
countryOffshoreFrom Norway
crustTypeFormed oceanic crust
discoveredBy marine geophysical surveys
extendsFrom Molloy Deep
extendsTo Jan Mayen Fracture Zone
formsBoundaryBetween Eurasian Plate
North American Plate
geologicalAge Cenozoic
hasBathymetry deep oceanic ridge
hasFeature rift valley
isSegmentOf Gakkel–Knipovich Ridge system
linked to: Gakkel Ridge
linkedTo Gakkel Ridge
Mohns Ridge
locatedIn Arctic Ocean
namedAfter Pjotr Knipovich
oceanBasin North Atlantic–Arctic Ocean transition
partOf Arctic Mid-Ocean Ridge system
Mid-Atlantic Ridge system
linked to: Mid-Atlantic Ridge
relativeMotion Eurasian Plate moving away from North American Plate
researchField marine geology
plate tectonics
separates Norwegian–Greenland Sea from central Arctic ridge system
spreadingRate slow
tectonicSetting divergent plate boundary
terminatesNear Greenland Sea

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

Mohns Ridge extendsTo Knipovich Ridge