Pacific-Antarctic Ridge

The Pacific-Antarctic Ridge is a divergent tectonic plate boundary located on the seafloor of the South Pacific Ocean, separating the Pacific plate from the Antarctic plate.
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  • Undersea ridge
  • Description: oceanic ridge at the boundary between the Pacific and Antarctic tectonic plates
  • Also known as
    “Antarctic Pacific Ridge”
    “Dorsale du Pacifique Sud”
    “South Pacific Ridge”
    “South Pacific Rise”
    “Südpazifischer Rücken”
    “Yuzhno-Tikhookeanskiy Khrebet”
    “Yuzhno-Tikhookeanskoye Podnyatiye”
  • Categories
    mid-ocean ridge
    body of water
  • Location:
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Latitude
-62° or 62° south
Longitude
-157° or 157° west
Open location code
33C52222+22
Geo­Names ID
4036682
Wiki­data ID
Q558800

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Pacific-Antarctic Ridge” goes by many names.
حيد المحيط الهادئ والقطب الجنوبيArabic
سلسلة تلال المحيط الهادئ والقطب الجنوبيArabic
Cənubi Sakit okean silsiləsiAzerbaijani
Pazifiko-Antartikako dortsalaBasque
Ціхаакіянска-Антарктычны сьцягBelarusian
Dorsal Pacífic-AntàrticaCatalan
Dorsal pacífica-antàrticaCatalan
Pacific-Antarctic RidgeCebuano
太平洋-南极洋脊Chinese
太平洋-南極洋脊Chinese
Tihooceansko-antarktički hrbatCroatian
Dorsale Pacifique-AntarctiqueFrench
Dorsal Pacífico-AntárticaGalician
Pazifisch-Antarktischer RückenGerman
הרכס הפסיפי-אנטארקטיHebrew
Punggung Pasifik–AntarktikaIndonesian
Dorsale Pacifico-AntarticaItalian
太平洋南極海嶺Japanese
태평양-남극 해령Korean
Iugum Pacifico-AntarcticumLatin
Тихоокеанско-антарктички ГребенMacedonian
پشته اقیانوس آرام-جنوبگانPersian
Grzbiet Pacyficzno-AntarktycznyPolish
Grzbiet PołudniowopacyficznyPolish
Южно-Тихоокеанское поднятиеRussian
Pacifičko-Antarktički grebenSerbian
Dorsal Pacífico-AntárticaSpanish
Mgongo wa bahari ya Pasifiki-AntaktikiSwahili
Pacific-Antarctic RidgeSwedish
Тихоокеансько-Антарктичний хребетUkrainian
Sống núi Thái Bình Dương - Nam CựcVietnamese
太平洋-南极洋脊Wu Chinese
太平洋-南極海嶺Yue Chinese

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