The government recently signed a contract with the International Seabed Authority to explore polymetallic sulphur nodules in the Carlsberg Ridge.
About Carlsberg Ridge:
It is a mid-oceanic ridge (a divergent plate boundary) located in the Indian Ocean.
The ridge extends from the triple junction of the African, Indian, and Australian tectonic plates (where it connects to the Mid-Indian Ridge) northwest to the Gulf of Aden.
The ridge separates the Arabian Sea to the northeast from the Somali Basin to the southwest.
It marks the boundary between the Somali Plate and the Indian Plate.
The mean depth of the Carlsberg Ridge is between some 6,000 and 12,000 feet (1,800 and 3,600 meters) below the sea surface, and it rises to a mean elevation of about 7,000 feet (2,100 meters) above the seafloor.
The ridge turns westward around the island of Socotra and eventually connects with the East African Rift System by way of the Gulf of Aden.
It is the most prominent mid-ocean ridge segment of the western Indian Ocean, which contains a number of earthquake epicenters.
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