Wyville Thomson Ridge
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title:
Wyville Thomson Ridge
text:
The Wyville Thomson Ridge is a bathymetric feature of the North Atlantic Ocean floor ca. 200 km in length, located between the Faroe Islands and Scotland. The ridge separates the Faroe–Shetland Channel to the north from the Rockall Trough to the south. Its significance lies in the fact that it forms part of the barrier between the colder bottom waters of the Arctic and the warmer waters of the North Atlantic. The Wyville Thomson Ridge is named after Charles Wyville Thomson who pioneered the firs
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description:
Feature of the North Atlantic Ocean floor between the Faroe Islands and Scotland
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wyville_Thomson_Ridge
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date modified:
2021-07-10T03:14:58Z
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