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Juan Fernández Ridge Information

The Juan Fernández Ridge is a volcanic island and seamount chain on the Nazca Plate. It runs in a west-east direction from the Juan Fernández hotspot to the Peru-Chile Trench at a latitude of 33° S near Valparaíso. The Juan Fernández Islands are the only seamounts that reach the surface.

· · Geology of Chile
Morphology Altiplano · Andes · Coast Range · Intermediate Depression
Tectonics Antarctic Plate · Atacama Fault · Chile Rise · Chile Triple Junction · Easter Plate · Juan Fernández Ridge · Liquiñe-Ofqui Fault · Nazca Plate · Nazca Ridge · Peru-Chile Trench · Scotia Plate · South American Plate
Orogenies Pampean · Famatinian · Gondwanide · Toco · Andean
Volcanism Andean Volcanic Belt · Easter hotspot · Juan Fernández hotspot
Regional geology Altiplano · Easter Island · Juan Fernández Islands · Patagonia · Torres del Paine · Valdivia
Institutions CODELCO · INACH · ONEMI · OVDAS · SERNAGEOMIN (Andean Geology)
Lists Earthquakes · Glaciers · Lakes · Mountains · Rivers · Volcanoes
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