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Map of Sahul with Sunda. Sahul (/ s ə ˈ h uː l /), also called Sahul-land, Meganesia, Papualand and Greater Australia, [1] was a paleocontinent that encompassed the modern-day landmasses of mainland Australia, Tasmania, New Guinea, and the Aru Islands.
Date: 16 January 2023: Source: Own work, based on file:map of Sunda and Sahul.png and using . Coastline from Natural Earth 1:50m Physical Vectors; 125m depth contour derived from 2-Minute Gridded Global Relief Data (ETOPO2) v2, NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, using gdal_contour (from GDAL).
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Deutsch: Karte von Sunda und Sahul sowie der Wallace-Linie, der Lydekker-Linie und der Weber-Linie. Als Sahul wird die zusammenhängende Landmasse bezeichnet, die während der letzten Eiszeit aus Australien, der nordöstlich davon gelegenen Insel Neuguinea und der südöstlich gelegenen Insel Tasmanien bestand.
Map of Sahul and Sunda. Geologically, the Sunda Shelf (/ ˈ s ʌ n d ə / [1]) is a south-eastern extension of the continental shelf of Mainland Southeast Asia.Major landmasses on the shelf include the Indonesian islands of Bali, Borneo, Java, Madura, and Sumatra, as well as their surrounding smaller islands. [2]
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The Sahul Shelf and the Sunda Shelf today. The area in between is called "Wallacea"Sundaland [1] (also called Sundaica or the Sundaic region) is a biogeographical region of Southeast Asia corresponding to a larger landmass that was exposed throughout the last 2.6 million years during periods when sea levels were lower.
"Sunda" denotes the continental shelves or landmasses: the Sunda Shelf in the west and the Sahul/Arafuru Shelf in the east. Other terms associated with "Sunda" include the Sunda Island Arc or the arc of Sunda Islands, Sunda Fold or tectonic folding in the Natuna Sea, the Sunda Trench, and Sundaland.