• coolie4@lemmy.world
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    5 days ago

    Literally everywhere is part of a bigger sunken landmass. Just depends where you draw the contour lines.

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      5 days ago

      That’s true, but Zealandia would be the world’s largest microcontinent and links Aotearoa with New Caledonia and Rēkohu. Its topography is super cool and makes for a neat range for deep-sea, benthic organisms.

      See also: the Tonga–Kermadec Ridge to the northeast, which imo looks sick.