Malpelo Ridge

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Malpelo Ridge is an underwater volcanic ridge in the eastern Pacific Ocean, formed by hotspot-related tectonic activity and associated with the Galápagos plume.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Malpelo Ridge canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf oceanic plateau ⓘ
submarine volcanic ridge ⓘ
associatedWith Galápagos hotspot ⓘ
Galápagos plume ⓘ
bathymetricExpression elevated seafloor feature ⓘ
country Colombia ⓘ
crustalThickness thicker-than-normal oceanic crust ⓘ
discoveredBy marine geophysical surveys ⓘ
environment deep-sea ⓘ
extendsFrom near Malpelo Island ⓘ
featureOf Nazca Plate bathymetry ⓘ
formedBy hotspot volcanism ⓘ
formedDuring Miocene ⓘ
Oligocene ⓘ
geodynamicSignificance records motion of Nazca Plate over Galápagos plume ⓘ
geologicalOrigin intraplate volcanism ⓘ
geologicalProvince Galápagos hotspot track ⓘ
heatFlowCharacteristic elevated heat flow compared to surrounding seafloor ⓘ
isPartOf Galápagos hotspot track system ⓘ
lithology basalt ⓘ
locatedIn Pacific Ocean ⓘ
eastern Pacific Ocean ⓘ
morphology elongated ridge ⓘ
namedAfter Malpelo Island ⓘ
near Malpelo Island ⓘ
oceanBasin Southeast Pacific Basin ⓘ
oceanCrustType oceanic crust ⓘ
orogeny hotspot track ⓘ
partOf Nazca Plate ⓘ
plateMotionDirectionRecorded east-northeast relative to Galápagos hotspot ⓘ
relatedTo Carnegie Ridge ⓘ
Cocos Ridge ⓘ
Galápagos Volcanic Province ⓘ
linked to: Galápagos hotspot
relativeLocation northeast of the Galápagos Islands ⓘ
west of Colombia ⓘ
researchField marine geology ⓘ
plate tectonics ⓘ
seafloorAge Cenozoic ⓘ
studiedFor Nazca Plate evolution ⓘ
hotspot–ridge interaction ⓘ
surveyMethods multibeam bathymetry ⓘ
seismic reflection ⓘ
tectonicPlateBoundaryRelation intraplate feature ⓘ
tectonicProcess plate motion over hotspot ⓘ
tectonicSetting oceanic plate ⓘ
volcanicActivityStatus extinct ⓘ
volcanicType submarine volcanoes ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

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

Galápagos plume track → hasPart → Malpelo Ridge ⓘ