Chukchi Rise – a ledge, extending into the Arctic Ocean from the Chukchi Sea shelf (width varies from 500 to 1,700 km), which forms a rise 200 km wide. It rises steeply from the deep ocean floor and has a truncated and dismembered top, which apparently had been under the influence of the wash or ice.
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(2016). Chukchi Rise. In: Zonn, I.S., Kostianoy, A.G., Semenov, A.V. (eds) The Eastern Arctic Seas Encyclopedia. Encyclopedia of Seas. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-24237-8_130
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