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Bouvet Triple Junction
The
Bouvet Triple Junction
is a geologic
triple junction
of three
tectonic
plates located on the seafloor of the South
Atlantic Ocean
. It is named after
Bouvet Island
, which lies 275 kilometers to the east. The three plates which meet here are the
South American Plate
, the
African Plate
, and the
Antarctic Plate
. The Bouvet Triple Junction is an R-R-R type, that is, the three plate boundaries which meet here are oceanic ridges: the
Mid-Atlantic Ridge
(MAR), the
Southwest Indian Ridge
(SWIR), and the
American-Antarctic Ridge
(AAR).
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