The researchers found two giant islands in the Indian Ocean. Precisely in the west continent of Australia.Island size is about West Virginia in the United States or the size of Scotland. As an illustration, Scotland has a total area of about 78.772 square kilometers. While the West Virginia area of approximately 62.755 square kilometers.
The island is met is part super continent Gondwana and sank about 1.6 kilometers.
Researchers from the University of Sydney, Macquarie University, and University of Tasmania declared this island had been at sea level. This island was once suspected of linking Australia with the Indian continent.
The researchers mapped the finding that when mapping the sea floor terrain abisal Perth. "The data collected is very important to change the way we understand the separation of India, Australia, and Antarctica as part of Gondwana," says geologist from the University of Sydney, Joanne Whittaker as reported by foxnews.com page.
The island was then known as 'micro-continent', which was formed when India began to be formed by separating from Australia, about 130 million years ago or in the Cretaceous period. At that time, Earth's dinosaurs were alive.
Both of the vast land to a distance of thousands of miles apart. "Ancient island are mapped during this expedition has a flat surface that indicated they had been at sea before sinking," said Whittaker.
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