Kolbeinsey Ridge

The Kolbeinsey Ridge is a segment of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge located to the north of Iceland in the Arctic Ocean. It is bounded to the south by the Tjörnes Fracture Zone, which connects the submarine ridge to the on-shore Northern Volcanic Zone rifting center in eastern Iceland.^[1] The volcanic islands Kolbeinsey and Grímsey lie along the Kolbeinsey Ridge.

Map showing the location of the Kolbeinsey Ridge and other major geological features of the northernmost Atlantic

Bacteria

In 1992, Robert Huber and Karl Stetter discovered a new species of thermophilic bacteria here and named it A. pyrophilus.^[2]

See also

• Aegir Ridge

References

1. G. L. Johnson; J. R. Southall; P. W. Young; P. R. Vogt (10 October 1972). "Origin and structure of the Iceland Plateau and Kolbeinsey Ridge". Journal of Geophysical Research. 77 (29): 5688–5696. Bibcode:1972JGR....77.5688J. doi:10.1029/JB077I029P05688. ISSN 0148-0227. Wikidata Q97487827.
2. O., Huber, Robert. Stetter, Karl (1992). Aquifex pyrophilus gen. nov. sp. nov., represents a novel group of marine hyperthermophilic hydrogen-oxidizing bacteria. Fischer. OCLC 750884111.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)