Davis Strait:
A microcontinent has been recently discovered in the Davis Strait, between Canada and Greenland.
- The discovery was made around the Davis Strait, a large stretch of water located between Canada’s Baffin Island and Greenland.
- The strait was formed millions of years ago when the tectonic plates between the two islands shifted, reconfiguring the Earth’s crust.
- This resulted in the formation of a thick continental crust in the ocean, which has now been declared a newly discovered primitive microcontinent.
- It has been named the Davis Strait proto-microcontinent since it formed owing to the tectonic evolution of the strait in the region.
- The microcontinent is 19–24 km thick thinned continental crust and is surrounded by two narrow bands of thin (15–17 km) continental crust.
- Davis Strait known as the northern arm of the Atlantic Ocean, the Davis Strait is situated north of the Labrador Sea amidst southwestern Greenland and southeastern Baffin Island in Nunavut, Canada.
