South West Indian Ridge

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Southwest Indian Ridge 

The Southwest Indian Ridge is a mid-ocean ridge , it forms the boundary between the Antarctic Plate and the African Plate .

The Southwest Indian Ridge merges in the east ( 25.5 °  S , 70 °  E ) into the Central Indian Ridge and the Southeast Indian Ridge and in the west ( 54 ° 50 ′  S , 0 ° 40 ′  W ) into the Mid-Atlantic Ridge and the American- Antarctic ridge .

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  1. Position of the Rodrigues triple point: bibcode : 1988JGR .... 9313524R
  2. Position of the Bouvet triple point: bibcode : 1976JGR .... 81.1857S