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 4
Mohn Ridge 1

How this entity was disambiguated

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 (5)

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
Knipovich Ridge → linkedTo → Mohns Ridge ⓘ