Nuvvuagittuq Greenstone Belt
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Some of the oldest rocks on the planet are located here. The rocks are 4.28 billion years old, making them 250 million years more ancient than any previously discovered rocks.
In 2001, close to Porpoise Cove, geologists found, an expanse of bedrock.
www.livescience.com/environment/080925-oldest-rocks.htm...
In 2001, close to Porpoise Cove, geologists found, an expanse of bedrock.
www.livescience.com/environment/080925-oldest-rocks.htm...
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuvvuagittuq_greenstone_belt
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Coordinates: 58°17'18"N 77°36'42"W
- Lyon Rocks 675 km
- McNab Rocks 733 km
- d'Iberville Rocks 848 km
- Itigailit (Coldfeet) Rocks 1038 km
- Shag Rocks 1296 km
- Black Rocks 1323 km
- Isua Supracrustal Belt 1528 km
- Middle Rocks 1532 km
- Lapstone's Rocks 1866 km
- Big Salmonier Rock 1935 km
- Drayton Island 9 km
- Frazier Island 16 km
- Harrison Island 33 km
- Hopewell Islands 47 km
- Captain Island 66 km
- Cox Island 74 km
- Commodore Island 83 km
- Broughton Island 115 km
- Driftwood Island 119 km
- King George Islands 121 km