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The '''Scotia Ridge''' is | [[File:East Scotia Ridge - Plos Biol 04.tif|right|thumb|250px|Volcanic vents clustered with life on the East Scotia Ridge]] | ||
The '''Scotia Ridge''' is part of the '''Scotia Arc''', which is the island arc system forming the north, east and south border of Scotia Sea. | |||
The arc comprises submarine ridges and the island groups of South Orkneys, South Sandwich Islands, Clerke Rocks, South Georgia, Shag Rocks, Staten Island (Tierra del Fuego), and Burwood Bank linking the mountains of Antarctic Peninsula to those of Tierra del Fuego (specifically the Mitre Peninsula) and the Andes. | The arc comprises submarine ridges and the island groups of South Orkneys, South Sandwich Islands, Clerke Rocks, South Georgia, Shag Rocks, Staten Island (Tierra del Fuego), and Burwood Bank linking the mountains of Antarctic Peninsula to those of Tierra del Fuego (specifically the Mitre Peninsula) and the Andes. | ||
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The arc is related to the subduction of the South American Plate to its east under the South Sandwich Plate. | The arc is related to the subduction of the South American Plate to its east under the South Sandwich Plate. | ||
[[File:Unidentified octopus from East Scotia Ridge.jpg|left|200px|Unidentified octopus on the Scotia Ridge]] | |||
{{Stub|South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands}} | {{Stub|South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands}} | ||
{{Stub|British Antarctic Territory}} | {{Stub|British Antarctic Territory}} | ||
Revision as of 19:44, 13 September 2012
The Scotia Ridge is part of the Scotia Arc, which is the island arc system forming the north, east and south border of Scotia Sea.
The arc comprises submarine ridges and the island groups of South Orkneys, South Sandwich Islands, Clerke Rocks, South Georgia, Shag Rocks, Staten Island (Tierra del Fuego), and Burwood Bank linking the mountains of Antarctic Peninsula to those of Tierra del Fuego (specifically the Mitre Peninsula) and the Andes.
The arc is related to the subduction of the South American Plate to its east under the South Sandwich Plate.
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This British Antarctic Territory article is a stub: help to improve Wikishire by building it up.