Maps and Exploration

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

See also

• ▸Arctic Ocean
• ▸Fiction House
• ▸Edvin Loach and Saltmarshe

Uncatalogued shelf

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