PACIFIC ANTARCTIC RIDGE Definition & Meaning

Pacific Antarctic Ridge

[puh-sif-ik ant-ahrk-tik rij, -ahr-tik]

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a west-southwest elevation of the seafloor in the South Pacific Ocean, separating the Pacific Plate from the Antarctic Plate: sometimes considered the southern portion of the East Pacific Rise. PAR

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First recorded in 1955–60

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