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

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (30)

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 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

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

Mohns Ridge → extendsTo → Knipovich Ridge ⓘ