Approximate surface projection on South Atlantic Ocean of Bouvet Triple Junction where the white lines of the three mid-oceanic ridges intercept. Other nearby associated named fracture zones are also shown in orange. Click to expand map and obtain interactive feature details.[1]
The Bouvet Triple Junction is a geologic triple junction of three tectonic plates located on the seafloor of the South Atlantic Ocean. It is named after Bouvet Island, which lies 275 kilometers to the east.[citation needed] The three plates which meet here are the South American Plate, the African Plate, and the Antarctic Plate. The Bouvet Triple Junction although it appears to be a R-R-R type, that is, the three plate boundaries which meet here as mid-ocean ridges: the Mid-Atlantic Ridge (MAR), the Southwest Indian Ridge (SWIR), and the South American-Antarctic Ridge (SAAR) is actually slightly more complex and in transition.[2]
^General citations for named fracture zones are at page Wikipedia:Map data/Fracture zone and specific citations are in interactive detail.
^Ligi et al. 1999, p. 365.
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