Aruba Gap | ridge, Caribbean Sea | Britannica (original) (raw)

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Beata Ridge

• In Beata Ridge
  The Aruba Gap, a narrow connection between these two basins, truncates the Beata Ridge before it reaches the continental slope of South America.
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Caribbean Sea

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  In Caribbean Sea: Physiography
  …are connected by the submerged Aruba Gap at depths greater than 13,000 feet (4,000 metres). The Aves Ridge, incomplete at its southern extremity, separates the Venezuelan Basin from the small Grenada Basin, which is bounded to the east by the Antillean arc of islands.
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