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has gloss | eng: The Chile Triple Junction (or Chile Margin Triple Junction) is a geologic triple junction located on the seafloor of the Pacific Ocean off Taitao and Tres Montes Peninsula on the southern coast of Chile. Here three tectonic plates meet: the South American Plate, the Nazca Plate, and the Antarctic Plate. This triple junction is unusual in that it consists of a mid-oceanic ridge, the Chile Rise, being subducted under the South American Plate at the Peru-Chile Trench. |
lexicalization | eng: Chile Triple Junction |
instance of | e/Triple junction |
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has gloss | fra: La jonction triple du Chili est une jonction triple située dans l'océan Indien. |
lexicalization | fra: Jonction triple du Chili |
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