Submerged continental shelf (IMAGE)

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Submerged continental shelf

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During lower sea levels a vast archipelago formed on the Australian northwest continental shelf (top). A modern-day example of an archipelago on a submerged continental shelf is the Åland Islands near Finland (bottom).

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US Geological Survey, Geoscience Australia

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