Hints: Icelander borehole — the Blue Lagoon the North Atlantic Europe Mediterranean the Alps South Africa

Despite their violence and unpredictability, volcanic foundations do have advantages. The Icelanders put all these hot rocks to good use. A borehole sunk deep into the ground taps into all this heat and uses it to power much of the island. And a byproduct of this natural central heating is this — the Blue Lagoon, the biggest hot tub in the world. As the North Atlantic grew, Europe's northwest coast was taking shape. But in the south,the continent was still missing some key ingredients. 16 million years ago, the Alps didn't exist and the Mediterranean coastline looked very different. One last great push was needed to mold the continent, and it came from a neighbor to the South Africa.

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