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Sep 13, 2019 · Researchers uncovered traces of a lost continent that disappeared under what is today Europe about 120 million years ago. Geologists have seen hints of the continent, dubbed Greater Adria, for...
Sep 17, 2019 · A map of where the Greater Adria continent was 140 million years ago. Courtesy of Douwe van Hinsbergen. Hundreds of millions of years ago, Earth had one giant supercontinent named Pangea....
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Scientists have identified the location of a long-lost continent, and you may have visited without knowing it. A Greenland-size piece of continental crust called Greater Adria separated from...
Oct 5, 2024 · It was located in the Tethys Ocean, which separated the supercontinents of Laurasia and Gondwana. The continent was about the size of Greenland. Greater Adria started to break apart around 140 million years ago.
Sep 11, 2019 · Greater Adria belonged to the African tectonic plate (but was not a part of the African continent, since there was an ocean between them), which was slowly sliding beneath the Eurasian tectonic...
The Adriatic is the northernmost arm of the Mediterranean Sea, extending from the Strait of Otranto (where it connects to the Ionian Sea) to the northwest and the Po Valley. The countries with coasts on the Adriatic are Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Italy, Montenegro, and Slovenia.
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Nov 13, 2023 · Large detailed map of Adriatic Sea with cities and towns. This map shows Adriatic Sea countries, islands, cities, towns, airports, roads. You may download, print or use the above map for educational, personal and non-commercial purposes. Attribution is required.
