Friday, April 8, 2011

Ohdeargodimsobehind- GALAPAGOS RISE

Another place i traveled to was the Galapagos rise. The Galapagos rise is a divergent boundary located between the South American coast and the Triple Junction of the Nazca plate, the Cocos plate, and the Pacific plate. The Volcanically active Galapagos Islands exist on the Galapagos hotspot above the Galapagos rise.

The Galapagos rise is a currently active ridge. The Fernandina Volcano on Fernandina Island, the most westerly chain on May 12, 2005, ejecting a column of ash that rose to a height of seven kilometers. Volcanic ash fell on the neighboring Isabela Island.

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~Momo

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