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We Finally Know What Tore a 500-Km 'Grand Canyon' Into The Atlantic Seafloor


The King's Trough complex, about 1,000 kilometers (roughly 600 miles) off the coast of Portugal, is known as the 'Grand Canyon of the Atlantic' because of its vast size, and a new study details the monumental forces that formed it.

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