Cayman Ridge
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cayman-ridge-319-17417226
title:
Cayman Ridge
text:
The Cayman Ridge is an undersea mountain range on the northern margin of the Cayman Trough in the Caribbean Sea. It extends from the Sierra Maestra in the east to the Misteriosa Bank and Rosario Bank in the west, a distance of about 1,500 km (930 mi). The Cayman Ridge also includes the Cayman Islands. The ridge formed as an island arc when the Cayman Trough was the site of a subduction zone during the Paleocene and Eocene epochs. As the dynamics of the area changed, the subduction zone became a
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Undersea mountain range in the Caribbean Sea
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cayman_Ridge
date created:
date modified:
2024-04-26T03:05:17Z
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image:
{"content_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/33/Cayman_Trough.jpg","width":567,"height":547}
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13
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