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Iapetus Ocean
The Iapetus Ocean was an ocean that existed in the Southern Hemisphere between Laurentia (Scotland and North America) and Baltica (Scandinavia) between 400 and 600 million years ago. As a sort of precursor of the Atlantic Ocean, it was named for the Titan Iapetus, father -- in Greek mythology -- of Atlas, for whom that ocean was named.
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