Mid-Atlantic Ridge

Connected Sites: 6

The Mid-Atlantic Ridge is a mostly underwater mountain range in the Atlantic Ocean. See more at http://whc.unesco.org/en/activities/504/

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Connected Sites

Brazilian Atlantic Islands
Inscribed: 2001
3.21
20
4
Southern Atlantic Submarine Ridge
Gough and Inaccessible Islands
Inscribed: 1995
2.55
9
3
"Most Of The Ridge System Is Under Water But Forms Land As A Set Of Volcanic Islands Of Varying Size That Run The Length Of The Atlantic Ocean. These Islands Are: ... Gough Island (Uk)"
See Whc.Unesco.Org
Pico Island
Pico Island
Portugal
Inscribed: 2004
3.37
63
4
Thingvellir
Inscribed: 2004
3.42
381
8
Vatnajökull National Park
Inscribed: 2019
4.14
211
7
Iceland Includes The Only Part Of The Actively Spreading Mid-Atlantic Ridge Exposed Above Sea Level, With The Tectonic Plates On Either Side Moving Apart By Some 19 Mm Each Year. This Movement Is Accommodated In Rift Zones, Two Of Which, The Eastern And Northern Volcanic Zones, Pass Through The Property (Ouv Statement)
Surtsey
Surtsey
Iceland
Inscribed: 2008
2.72
50
9
Iucn Recommended A Re-Nomination As Part Of A Geological Mid-Atlantic Ridge Serial Site (Ab Ev)