Bransfield Basin
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title:
Bransfield Basin
text:
The Bransfield Basin is a back-arc rift basin located off the northern tip of the Antarctic Peninsula. The basin lies within a Northeast and Southwest trending strait that separates the peninsula from the nearby South Shetland Islands to the Northwest. The basin extends for more than 500 kilometres from Smith Island to a portion of the Hero Fracture Zone. The basin can be subdivided into three basins: Western, Central, and Eastern. The Western basin is 130 kilometres long by 70 kilometres wide w
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description:
Geologic region in Antarctica
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bransfield_Basin
date created:
2015-01-29T21:46:35Z
date modified:
2024-09-14T15:13:55Z
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