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The mountains run parallel in a north–south direction from Morro de Arica to Taitao Peninsula, making up most of Chile's land surface. South of Taitao, only the Andes Mountains are present. North of the Taitao Peninsula, the Peru–Chile Trench subduction zone is the boundary between the South American and Nazca plates.
Geology of Chile by region (16 C) Geology of Patagonia (12 C, 37 P) Geoparks in Chile (1 P) ... South American plate; T. Terra Australis Orogen; Toco orogeny
At the Chile triple junction, near the west coast of the Taitao–Tres Montes Peninsula, an oceanic ridge known as the Chile Rise is actively subducting under the South American plate. Geological research suggests that the South American plate is moving west away from the Mid-Atlantic Ridge: "Parts of the plate boundaries consisting of ...
An enlargeable relief map of Chile. The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Chile: Chile – country in South America occupying a long, narrow strip of land between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. Prior to the arrival of the Spanish in the 16th century, northern and central ...
Geological map of the Peninsula Beneath the peninsula is the Chile Triple Junction , a point of contact between the tectonic plates of Antarctica , South America and Nazca . [ 5 ] Taitao ophiolite , and other geological features, are associated with the triple junction. [ 5 ]
The Chilean Coastal Range (Spanish: Cordillera de la Costa) is a mountain range that runs from north to south along the Pacific coast of South America parallel to the Andean Mountains, extending from Morro de Arica in the north to Taitao Peninsula, where it ends at the Chile triple junction, in the south.
Chile is situated in southern South America, bordering the South Pacific Ocean and a small part of the South Atlantic Ocean. Chile's territorial shape is considered among the world's most unusual; from north to south, the country extends 4,270 km (2,653 mi), and yet it only averages 177 km (110 mi) in width. Chile reaches from the middle of ...
Category: Geology of Chile by region. 2 languages. ... Geology of Los Ríos Region (2 C, 19 P) M. Geology of Magallanes Region (4 C, 15 P) Geology of Maule Region (1 ...