East Pacific Rise

[ eestpuh-sif-ik rahyz ]

noun
  1. a long north-south elevation of the seafloor in the eastern Pacific Ocean extending southward from southwestern Mexico to the Southern Ocean, separating the Pacific Plate from the North American, Rivera, Cocos, Nazca, and Antarctic Plates. Abbreviation: EPR

Origin of East Pacific Rise

1
First recorded in 1960–65

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