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50-Million-Year-Old Extinct Underwater Volcanoes To Explain New Zealand-Australia Separation?

KJ Belonio   |

Jul 15, 2015 06:00 AM EDT

A cluster of 50-million-year-old extinct underwater volcanoes have been accidentally discovered after a group of researchers mapped the ocean floor located nearly 155 miles off of Sydney, Australia. The underwater volcanoes were found after researchers were looking for nursery grounds of larval lobsters.