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Carpenters Ridge
ridge, Indian Ocean
Carpenters Ridge, topographic feature located in the Indian Ocean near the mouth of the Bay of Bengal; it is the northern end of the Ninetyeast Ridge. The Carpenters Ridge trends north-south, the northern end terminating near the Ganges delta. It is an aseismic ridge—i.e., it has no associated earthquake activity.
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