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Map at our Transatlantic Cruise page.
Mid-Atlantic Ridge:
The North American Plate is moving away from the Eurasian plate at the rate of about 1 inch per year. Magma erupts from the earths mantle to fill the gap producing new crustal material at this boundary.
This boundary runs thru Iceland where the Thingvellir fracture is visable in southwestern Iceland.
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Plate Tectronics
Links: Atlantic Crossings - Dangers | YachtPals.com A Titanic mystery: Why were icebergs so far south? - Philly.com Icebergs Icebergs in the North Atlantic Ocean - National Geographic Education
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