Hidden giant granite discovered beneath West Antarctic Ice Sheet

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Oct 22, 2025, 2:20 pm127 ptsTrending
Pink granite boulders scattered across the dark volcanic peaks of the Hudson Mountains in West Antarctica, have revealed the presence of a vast buried granite body—almost 100 km across and 7 km thick, about half the size of Wales in the UK—beneath Pine Island Glacier.

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