Atlantic-Indian Basin (About the EoE)

Oceans and seas (main)

Atlantic-Indian Basin

Published: March 29, 2010, 12:00 am

Updated: November 30, 2011, 1:54 pm

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The Atlantic-Indian Basin is one of three major basins in the Southern Ocean. It extends from its western border with the Pacific-Antarctic Basin at the Scotia Ridge and Drake Passage (at about 70^o W) to its eastern border with the Australian-Atlantic Basin at the Kerguelan Plateau (about 75^oE). It consists of the Enderby and Weddell abyssal plains and is bounded to the north below 4000 meters by the Mid- Atlantic and South-West Indian Ridges except for deeper connections into the Argentine Basin in the western Atlantic and into the deep basins of the western Indian Ocean.

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Further Reading

• Seas of the World on the Encyclopedia of Earth
• Physical Oceanography Index

Citation

Baum, S. (2011). Atlantic-Indian Basin. Retrieved from http://editors.eol.org/eoearth/wiki/Atlantic-Indian_Basin_(About_the_EoE)