Mohns Ridge

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

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Mohns Ridge canonical 3
Mohn Ridge 1

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Statements (30)

Predicate Object
instanceOf divergent plate boundary
geologic feature
mid-ocean ridge
associatedWith hydrothermal activity
seafloor volcanism
bathymetricExpression submarine mountain chain
countryOffshoreFrom Norway
crustTypeProduced oceanic crust
extendsFrom Jan Mayen Fracture Zone
extendsTo Knipovich Ridge
formsBoundaryBetween Eurasian Plate
North American Plate
geologicalAgeContext Cenozoic seafloor
geologicalProcess seafloor spreading
hasFeature axial volcanic ridge
rift valley
isSegmentOf Gakkel–Mid-Atlantic Ridge system
lithosphereType oceanic lithosphere boundary
locatedIn Arctic Ocean
namedAfter Harald Ulrik Sverdrup Mohn
nearbySea Greenland Sea
Norwegian Sea
oceanBasin North Atlantic–Arctic Ocean basin
linked to: Nordic Seas
partOf Mid-Atlantic Ridge system
linked to: Mid-Atlantic Ridge
plateBoundaryType oceanic-oceanic divergent boundary
researchInterest Arctic tectonics
mid-ocean ridge processes
separates Norwegian-Greenland Sea from the Eurasian Basin
linked to: Norwegian Sea
spreadingRate slow-spreading
tectonicSetting divergent plate margin

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

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

Greenland Basin adjacentTo Mohns Ridge
Lofoten Basin adjacentTo Mohn Ridge
linked to: Mohns Ridge