page_title: Agulhas Basin
hierarchical_section_title: Agulhas Basin
caption_attribution_description: Map of the Agulhas Basin south of Africa. AFFZ = Agulhas-Falkland Fracture Zone.
context_page_description: The Agulhas Basin is an oceanic basin located south of South Africa where the South Atlantic Ocean and south-western Indian Ocean meet. Part of the African Plate, it is bounded by the Agulhas Ridge to the north and the Southwest Indian Ridge to the south; by the Meteor Rise to the west and the Agulhas Plateau to the east. Numerous bathymetric anomalies hint at the basin's dynamic tectonic history.
context_section_description: The Agulhas Basin is an oceanic basin located south of South Africa where the South Atlantic Ocean and south-western Indian Ocean meet.  Part of the African Plate, it is bounded by the Agulhas Ridge (part of the Agulhas-Falkland Fracture Zone) to the north and the Southwest Indian Ridge to the south;  by the Meteor Rise to the west and the Agulhas Plateau to the east.  Numerous bathymetric anomalies hint at the basin's dynamic tectonic history.
caption: The Agulhas Basin and some of the bathymetric structures mentioned in the text
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