It lies in a rift valley that marks the crest of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge and the boundary between the Eurasian tectonic plates.
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Between 1925 and 1927 the " Meteor " expedition gathered 70, 000 ocean depth measurements using an echo sounder, surveying the Mid-Atlantic ridge.
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Iceland is a geologically young land mass, having formed an estimated 20 million years ago due to volcanic eruptions on the Mid-Atlantic ridge.
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While the mantle plume remained large and stable, the eastern Walvis Ridge formed along with the Rio Grande Rise over the Mid-Atlantic Ridge.
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Through the processes of plate tectonics and sea floor spreading, this volcano moved to the west of the mid-Atlantic ridge and became extinct.
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The Azores consists of an extensive marine and terrestrial system of hundreds of active submarine mounts and volcanoes that extend from the Mid-Atlantic Ridge.
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Another factor contributing to the guyots being underwater has to do with the oceanic ridges, such as the Mid-Atlantic Ridge in the Atlantic Ocean.
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It is believed that the massif was formed underneath the nearby Mid-Atlantic Ridge, but pulled underneath the ridge during the movement of the mantle.
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In turn, an Atlantic ridge of high pressure, which appears in tandem with a coastal low pressure system, often builds north and stalls over Greenland.
