Chile Rise

[ chil-ee rahyz; Spanish chee-le ]

noun

1. a segmented elevation of the seafloor in the eastern Pacific Ocean off the coast of Chile, bounded by the Nazca Plate to the north and the Antarctic Plate to the south and colliding with the southern portion of the South American Plate to the east.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Chile Rise¹

First recorded in 1955–60

Example Sentences

The area is studded with volcanoes, formed during the Jurassic era 100 million years ago, by the collision of the Chile Rise and the Peru-Chile oceanic trench.

From New York Times