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TIL The Scottish Highlands, the Appalachians, and the Atlas are the same mountain range (vividmaps.com)
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[–] HiddenLayer555@lemmy.ml 2 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

Also IIRC a lot of the pacific coast mountains around the world are from the same volcanic activities caused by the Ring of Fire

[–] inlandempire@jlai.lu 5 points 6 hours ago (3 children)

Damn where did Iceland go

[–] deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz 3 points 5 hours ago

Iceland is volcanic and consequently incredibly young compared to pangea.

[–] apfelwoiSchoppen@lemmy.world 1 points 6 hours ago

Where did you go before you were born?

[–] Averagejoe@lemmy.org 1 points 6 hours ago

That is the 1million dollar question