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I hadn't realized seismic shifts and volcanic activity could cause a land upheaval so spontaneously.

As I was reading HP Lovecraft's Dagon[0] I wondered whether or not such a thing were possible - most of the story takes place on that type of terrain.

[0] https://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/d.aspx




Lake Titicaca in Peru which is 12,500 feet above sea level and it sits in a sedimentary basin that was apparently below sea level at some time in the past since the lake is made up of diluted salt water.




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