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8th continent - “Greater Adria”

September 30 , 2019 1863 days 1783 0
  • Geologists from the Netherlands, have discovered a new continent named “Greater Adria” in the Mediterranean region under Europe.
  • This Greater Adria island is a piece of continental crust in the size of Greenland.
  • It once separated from North Africa and plunged into the Earth’s mantle under Southern Europe.
  • It took Greater Adria 120 million years to be found by mankind.
  • The only remaining part of this continent is a strip that runs from Turin, Italy via the Adriatic Sea in the Italian peninsula, hence the name “Greater Adria”.

 

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