Kolbeinsey Ridge

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Kolbeinsey Ridge is a volcanic segment of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge north of Iceland, marking the boundary between the North American and Eurasian tectonic plates in the Arctic Ocean.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Kolbeinsey Ridge canonical 3
Reykjanes Ridge 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (38)

Predicate Object
instanceOf mid-ocean ridge segment ⓘ
plate boundary ⓘ
volcanic ridge ⓘ
associatedWith Iceland hotspot region ⓘ
countryOffshoreFrom Iceland ⓘ
crustAgeTrend youngest crust along ridge axis ⓘ
crustTypeProduced oceanic crust ⓘ
extensionDirection north–south ⓘ
formsPartOf North Atlantic spreading ridge system ⓘ
linked to: Mid-Atlantic Ridge
geodynamicRole accommodates relative motion between North American and Eurasian plates ⓘ
geologicalAge Cenozoic ⓘ
geologicalProvince North Atlantic Ocean basin ⓘ
linked to: North Atlantic area
hasFeature rift valley (locally subdued for slow-spreading ridge) ⓘ
volcanic edifices ⓘ
isContinuationOf Reykjanes Ridge system ⓘ
linked to: Reykjanes Peninsula
isImportantFor reconstructing North Atlantic opening history ⓘ
understanding Arctic plate tectonics ⓘ
isPartOfTectonicSystem Mid-Atlantic Ridge system ⓘ
linked to: Mid-Atlantic Ridge
isSubmarine true ⓘ
locatedIn Arctic Ocean ⓘ
locatedNorthOf Iceland ⓘ
marksBoundaryBetween North American Plate and Eurasian Plate ⓘ
namedAfter Kolbeinsey ⓘ
oceanRegion Greenland Sea ⓘ
Norwegian-Greenland Sea ⓘ
linked to: Greenland Sea
partOf Mid-Atlantic Ridge ⓘ
plateBoundaryType oceanic-oceanic divergent boundary ⓘ
researchField marine geology ⓘ
plate tectonics ⓘ
volcanology ⓘ
separates Eurasian Plate ⓘ
North American Plate ⓘ
spreadingCenterOf Eurasian Plate ⓘ
North American Plate ⓘ
spreadingRate slow-spreading ⓘ
tectonicProcess seafloor spreading ⓘ
tectonicSetting divergent plate boundary ⓘ
volcanismType basaltic ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

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

Jan Mayen Ridge → relatedTo → Kolbeinsey Ridge ⓘ
global mid-ocean ridge system → includes → Reykjanes Ridge ⓘ
linked to: Kolbeinsey Ridge
global mid-ocean ridge system → includes → Kolbeinsey Ridge ⓘ
North Atlantic plate boundary system → includesFeature → Reykjanes Ridge ⓘ
linked to: Kolbeinsey Ridge