Avalonia
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Avalonia was a microcontinent in the Paleozoic era. Crustal fragments of this former microcontinent are terranes in parts of the eastern coast of North America: Atlantic Canada, and parts of the East
Current extent of Avalonia highlighted in yellow
Avalonia on its journey to Baltica at 480 Ma (Early Ordovician)
Avalon Peninsula
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The Avalon Peninsula is a large peninsula that makes up the southeast portion of the island of Newfoundland in Canada. It is 9,220.61 square kilometres in size.
Avalonia
…the formation of Pangea. When Pangea broke up, Avalonia's remains were divided by the rift which became the Atlantic Ocean. Avalonia is named for the Avalon Peninsula in Newfoundland. When the term "Avalon" was coined by Canadian geologist Harold Williams in 1964, he included only Precambrian rocks in eastern…
The coast of the Avalon Peninsula, in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador