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apron at the base of Navidad Bank and Silver Bank. The<br />

maxi mum depth of thi s sill is about 5230 m in a narrow<br />

passage at the southeast end of the Silver Abyssal Plain.<br />

The Greater Antilles Outer Ridge is thus formed bya<br />

.1ow, rolling rise of sediment with a hummocky surface,<br />

rising 400-700 m above the surrounding flat abyssal plains.<br />

Although the eastern sector bounds the Puerto Rico Trench<br />

on the north, the western sector extends away from the<br />

trench northwest to the Hatteras Abyssal Plain.<br />

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