Scotia Ridge

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 is related to the subduction of the South American Plate to its east under the South Sandwich Plate.

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