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Argentine Shelf
Extracted from the Wikipedia article Patagonian Shelf.
The Patagonian Shelf, sometimes called the Argentine Shelf, is part of the South Americancontinental shelf belonging to the Argentine Sea on the Atlantic seaboard, south of about 35° south. It adjoins the coasts of Argentina and Uruguay, with the Falkland Islands on a raise to the east, before descending down to the Falklands Plateau.