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Gakkel Ridge

Gakkel Ridge
Gakkel Ridge

The Gakkel Ridge (formerly known as the Nansen Cordillera and Arctic Mid-Ocean Ridge) is a mid-oceanic ridge, a divergent tectonic plate boundary between the North American Plate and the Eurasian Plate. It is located in the Eurasian Basin of the Arctic Ocean, between Greenland and Siberia. Geologically, it connects the northern end of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge with the Laptev Sea Rift.

Also on this shelf

Bay of Whales.

Elisha Kent Kane.

See also

Uncatalogued shelf

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Depth 97
Shelf 7e5be3a0d8a2b8
25,934 catalogued holdings
3 ways on