Carnegie Ridge

1°00′S 83°00′W / 1.0°S 83.0°W / -1.0; -83.0

Outline of aseismic ridges and plate boundaries off northwestern South America, suggested continuation of Carnegie Ridge beneath Ecuador from Gutcher et al. 1999,[1] other models suggest that this area is much smaller

The Carnegie Ridge is an aseismic ridge on the Nazca Plate that is being subducted beneath the South American Plate. The ridge is thought to be a result of the passage of the Nazca Plate over the Galapagos hotspot. It is named for the research vessel Carnegie, which discovered it in 1929.[2]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Gutscher was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ National Geospatial-intelligence Agency (4 June 2010). "Undersea Features History". Archived from the original on 9 July 2013. Retrieved 25 August 2010.