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Davis Strait Proto – Microcontinent
April 27 , 2025
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- New landmass has been unearthed under the frozen waters of the Davis Strait.
- This strait is the narrow ocean channel between Baffin Island in Canada and Greenland.
- The newly identified featureis now called the Davis Strait proto microcontinent.
- It is made up of abnormally thick continental crust and is about 12 to 15 miles (about 19 to 24 kilometres) wide.
- The Microcontinents are pieces of continental crust that have separated from extended landmasses but did not completely detach in major tectonic episodes.
- For this proto-microcontinent, it seems to have remained partially attached when Greenland and North America rifted.
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