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==Islands== {{maplink|frame=yes|frame-align=right|frame-width=150|frame-height=340|frame-long=-23.0|frame-lat=45.0|zoom=1|raw={{Wikipedia:Map data/Fracture zone}}|text=Approximate surface projection on Atlantic Ocean of Mid-Atlantic Ridge (purple). Associated fracture zones (orange) are also shown. Click to expand map to obtain interactive details.<ref name=FZmaplink>General citations for named fracture zones are at page [[Wikipedia:Map data/Fracture zone]] and specific citations are in interactive detail.</ref>}} The islands on or near the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, from north to south, with their respective highest peaks and location, are: '''Northern Hemisphere (North Atlantic Ridge)''': #[[Jan Mayen]] ([[Beerenberg]], {{convert|2277|m|ft}} (at {{coord|71|06|N|08|12|W}}), in the [[Arctic Ocean]] #[[Iceland]] ([[Hvannadalshnúkur]] at [[Vatnajökull]], {{convert|2109.6|m|ft}} (at {{coord|64|01|N|16|41|W}}), through which the ridge runs #[[Azores]] ([[Ponta do Pico]] or Pico Alto, on [[Pico Island]], {{convert|2351|m|ft}}, (at {{coord|38|28|0|N|28|24|0|W}}) #[[Saint Peter and Paul Rocks]] (Southwest Rock, {{convert|22.5|m|ft}}, at {{coord|00|55|08|N|29|20|35|W}}) '''Southern Hemisphere (South Atlantic Ridge)''': #[[Ascension Island]] (The Peak, Green Mountain, {{convert|859|m|ft}}, at {{coord|07|59|S|14|25|W}}) #[[Saint Helena]] ([[Diana's Peak]], {{convert|818|m|ft}} at {{coord|15|57|S|5|41|W}}) #[[Tristan da Cunha]] ([[Queen Mary's Peak]], {{convert|2062|m|ft}}, at {{coord|37|05|S|12|17|W}}) #[[Gough Island]] ([[Gough Island|Edinburgh Peak]], {{convert|909|m|ft}}, at {{coord|40|20|S|10|00|W}}) #[[Bouvet Island]] ([[Olavtoppen]], {{convert|780|m|ft}}, at {{coord|54|24|S|03|21|E}}) ===Iceland=== The submarine section of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge close to southwest Iceland is known as the '''Reykjanes Ridge'''. The Mid-Atlantic Ridge runs through Iceland where the ridge is also known as the ''Neovolcanic Zone''. In northern Iceland the [[Tjörnes fracture zone]] connects Iceland to the [[Kolbeinsey Ridge]].
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