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Western and Central Europe separated from the rest of Europe and what is now Asia. As recently as 60 million years ago Europe and America were still converged. There was no Atlantic ocean. All over Ireland there remains geological evidence of the volcanic age. Many of its hills are remains of
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America separated from Europe. These formations still exist in North America, Greenland, Norway and Ireland. The volcano's landform is now gone but some of volcanic rocks are preserved in the area, including
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101:Coordinates
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