Jan Mayen Ridge

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Jan Mayen Ridge is a prominent submarine volcanic ridge in the Arctic Ocean that extends between Greenland and the Norwegian Sea, forming part of the tectonic boundary in the North Atlantic region.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Jan Mayen Ridge canonical 1
Jan Mayen volcanic ridge 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (30)

Predicate Object
instanceOf submarine volcanic ridge
undersea geological feature
associatedWith Jan Mayen microcontinent
linked to: Jan Mayen
countryOffshoreFrom Greenland
Norway
extendsBetween Greenland
Norwegian Sea
formedBy seafloor spreading processes
geologicalAge Cenozoic
geologicalNature volcanic
hasEnvironment deep marine
hasFeature elevated oceanic crust
volcanic edifices
locatedIn Arctic Ocean
North Atlantic region
linked to: North Atlantic area
namedAfter Jan Mayen
near Jan Mayen Island
linked to: Jan Mayen
partOf North Atlantic Ocean basin
linked to: Atlantic Ocean

North Atlantic tectonic boundary
linked to: Mid-Atlantic Ridge

North Atlantic volcanic province
linked to: Azores Plateau
relatedTo Kolbeinsey Ridge
Mid-Atlantic Ridge
separates Greenland Sea
Norwegian Sea
studiedIn marine geophysics
plate tectonics research
tectonicRole plate boundary feature
tectonicSetting divergent plate boundary region
underlies Greenland Sea region
linked to: Greenland Sea

Norwegian Sea region
linked to: Norwegian Sea

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

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

Greenland Sea separatedFromBy Jan Mayen Ridge
Beerenberg mountainRange Jan Mayen volcanic ridge
linked to: Jan Mayen Ridge