The Chile Triple Junction (or Chile Margin Triple Junction) is a geologic triple junction
Triple junction
A triple junction is the point where the
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The Chile Triple Junction (or Chile Margin Triple Junction) is a geologic triple junction
Triple junction
A triple junction is the point where the boundaries of three tectonic plates meet. At the triple junction a boundary will be one of 3 types - a Mid-ocean ridge, oceanic trench or transform fault and triple junctions can be described according to the types of plate margin that meet at them.... located on the seafloor of the Pacific Ocean
Pacific Ocean
The Pacific Ocean is the largest of the Earth's oceanic divisions. Its name is derived from the Latin name Mare Pacificum, "peaceful sea", bestowed upon it by the Portugal explorer Ferdinand Magellan.... off Taitao
Taitao Peninsula
The Taitao Peninsula is a westward projection of the mainland of Chile, with which it is connected by the narrow Isthmus of Ofqui, over which the natives and early missionaries were accustomed to carry their boats between the Moraleda Channel and Gulf of Penas.... and Tres Montes Peninsula
Tres Montes Peninsula
The Tres Montes Peninsula is a south-westward projection of Taitao Peninsula which in turn connects to the mainland of Chile by the narrow Isthmus of Ofqui.... on the southern coast of Chile
Chile
Chile, officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long and narrow coastal strip wedged between the Andes mountains and the Pacific Ocean.... . Here three tectonic plates meet: the South American Plate
South American Plate
The South American Plate is a tectonic plate covering the continent of South America and extending eastward to the Mid-Atlantic Ridge.The easterly side is a divergent boundary with the African Plate forming the southern part of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge.... , the Nazca Plate
Nazca Plate
The Nazca Plate, named after the Nazca region of southern Peru, is an oceanic tectonic plate in the eastern Pacific Ocean basin off the west coast of South America.... , and the Antarctic Plate
Antarctic Plate
The Antarctic Plate is a tectonic plate covering the continent of Antarctica and extending outward under the surrounding oceans. The Antarctic Plate has a boundary with the Nazca Plate, the South American Plate, the African Plate, the Indo-Australian Plate, the Scotia Plate and a divergent boundary with the Pacific Plate forming the Pacific... . This triple junction is unusual in that it consists of a mid-oceanic ridge, the Chile Rise
Chile Rise
The Chile Rise is an oceanic ridge, a tectonic divergent plate boundary between the Nazca Plate and Antarctic Plates. Its eastern end is the Chile Triple Junction where the Chile Rise is being subduction below the South American Plate in the Peru-Chile Trench.... , being subducted under the South American Plate at the Peru-Chile Trench
Peru-Chile Trench
The Peru-Chile Trench, also known as the Atacama Trench, is an oceanic trench in the eastern Pacific Ocean, about 160 kilometers off the coast of Peru and Chile.... .
