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Aden Ridge
The
Aden Ridge
is a part of an active oblique
rift
system located in the
Gulf of Aden
, between
Somalia
and the
Arabian Peninsula
to the north. The rift system marks the
divergent boundary
between the
Somalian
and
Arabian
tectonic plates
, extending from the
Owen Transform Fault
in the
Arabian Sea
to the
Afar Triple Junction
or Afar Plume beneath the
Gulf of Tadjoura
in
Djibouti
.
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