microcontinent

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Etymology

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From micro- +‎ continent.

Noun

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microcontinent (plural microcontinents)

  1. (geography) a fragment of continental crust that has cleaved off its parent tectonic plate.
    • 2013, Biogeography of the terrestrial and freshwater biota of the Seychelles islands, page 30:
      Seychelles can first be considered to have existed 62 mya when the Seychelles microcontinent split from India as a result of intense activity in the Carlsberg ridge which started 64 mya []

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