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THE OCEAN.
Gilolo, so remarkable by the parallelism of their gulfs and promontories,
seem to be both constructed on the same model; and what we know of
the mountains of Borneo allows us to believe that'if this large island were
to be submerged beneath the sea, its shores would resemble, by their contour, those of its two neighbors in the sea of the Moluccas*
1*6° 20'E. of Pans
W°z& K. of Paris
Fig. 85.—Nossi-Mitsiou.
Besides these fragments of ancient or modern continental masse's, all
the projections which show themselves above the level of the ocean are
either built by zoophytes, or else cast up by volcanoes from the bottom
of the sea; one or the other is, without exception, the origin of all these
* Oscar Peschal, Ausland, 1868.
| Title | The ocean, atmosphere, and life |
| Creator | Reclus, Elisée |
| Publisher | Harper |
| Place of Publication | New York |
| Date | 1873 |
| Language | eng |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Title | 00000205 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | THE OCEAN. Gilolo, so remarkable by the parallelism of their gulfs and promontories, seem to be both constructed on the same model; and what we know of the mountains of Borneo allows us to believe that'if this large island were to be submerged beneath the sea, its shores would resemble, by their contour, those of its two neighbors in the sea of the Moluccas* 1*6° 20'E. of Pans W°z& K. of Paris Fig. 85.—Nossi-Mitsiou. Besides these fragments of ancient or modern continental masse's, all the projections which show themselves above the level of the ocean are either built by zoophytes, or else cast up by volcanoes from the bottom of the sea; one or the other is, without exception, the origin of all these * Oscar Peschal, Ausland, 1868. |
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