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This is no longer the oldest known rock. The title now belongs to rock of Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada.
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== How large is this outcrop? ==
== How large is this outcrop? ==

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This is no longer the oldest known rock. The title now belongs to rock of Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada. http://www.cbc.ca


How large is this outcrop?

How large is the outcrop, it doesn't say in the article. Could be a few square feet or many square miles. Please add. -- 92.229.181.16 (talk) 07:28, 16 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

This source qives <20 km2, which may seem imprecise, but the older parts are found as inclusions in younger gneisses, rather than as one continuous body. Mikenorton (talk) 08:46, 16 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]