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Where is the Mid-Atlantic Ridge located?
Quick Answer
The Mid-Atlantic Ridge runs down the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. It is a divergent plate boundary where new ocean crust is formed.
The Full Story
The Mid-Atlantic Ridge is an underwater mountain chain that stretches from the Arctic region in the north to the Southern Ocean in the south. It marks a spreading center where the North American and Eurasian plates are moving apart, and similarly where the South American and African plates separate farther south. Magma rises at the ridge, cools, and creates new seafloor. Iceland is one of the few places where this ridge rises above sea level.
Key Facts
1.Length: about 16,000 km
2.It is a divergent plate boundary
3.Iceland sits on the ridge
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