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> about three times the size of Crete Crete is ~8000km2 so this "continent" would be <30000km2. That makes it less than half the size of Sri Lanka
by yread 14y ago
> about three times the size of Crete
Crete is ~8000km2 so this "continent" would be <30000km2.
That makes it less than half the size of Sri Lanka
- masklinn 14y agoBig enough to host a significant culture or proto-culture leading to a rosy generational memory, small enough that it can rather easily be sunk/destroyed by a disaster with only local impact (as opposed to the completely insane representation of a continent basically covering the current indian ocean in the linked article)
- yread 14y agoSure, Crete itself hosted a very significant culture http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minoan_civilization http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minoan_civilization which disappeared (probably) due to a natural catastrophe (Thera eruption, 600 times bigger than Eyjafjallajökull)