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Chile Rise
The
Chile Rise
or
Chile Ridge
is an
oceanic ridge
, a
tectonic
divergent plate boundary between the
Nazca
and
Antarctic Plates
. Its eastern end is the
Chile Triple Junction
where the Chile Rise is being
subducted
below the
South American Plate
in the
Peru–Chile Trench
. It runs westward to a triple point south of the
Juan Fernández Microplate
where it intersects the
East Pacific Rise
.
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