Back to Discover
🌍

Pacific–Antarctic Ridge

earth science Maturity 7-9

A long ridge sits on the sea floor.

East Pacific Rise.jpg
East Pacific Rise.jpg
It is under the deep ocean. It pulls two big pieces of earth apart. This makes the sea floor grow. It is a very big place. Can you imagine the deep sea?
Louisville seamount chain - bathymetry.jpg
Louisville seamount chain - bathymetry.jpg

48 words
🖼️ Images & Media (3)
File:East Pacific Rise.jpg
East Pacific Rise.jpg
File:BetweenErebusAndUdintsevFZs.png
BetweenErebusAndUdintsevFZs.png
File:Louisville seamount chain - bathymetry.jpg
Louisville seamount chain - bathymetry.jpg
Up Next
🌍
East Pacific Rise
Earth Science
→
More to explore

✨ What else?

Related topics you might enjoy

East Pacific Rise 0% Antarctic plate 0% Pacific plate 0% Mid-Atlantic Ridge 0% Terra Australis Orogen 0% Indo-Australian plate 0%

🔬 Go deeper

More advanced topics to explore

South American plate Coast Mountains Cape Muroto

🪜 Step back

Simpler topics to build understanding

East Pacific Rise Antarctic plate Pacific plate Mid-Atlantic Ridge
📚 Content adapted from Wikipedia | Readability: FK 19.3 | Vital Level 5