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Answer : 2. "Greenland and Canada"
Davis Strait, recently seen in the news, is located between which two regions?
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Davis Strait, recently seen in the news, is located between which two regions?
- 1Alaska and Russiafalse
- 2Greenland and Canadatrue
- 3Iceland and Norwayfalse
- 4Siberia and Canadafalse
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Answer : 2. "Greenland and Canada"
Explanation :
A microcontinent has been discovered in the Davis Strait, between Canada and Greenland. Formed millions of years ago due to tectonic plate shifts, it features a 19–24 km thick continental crust, now named the Davis Strait proto-microcontinent. The strait, spanning 650 km north to south and 200-400 miles wide, connects the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans via the Northwest Passage, but is impassable in winter due to ice.