Talk:Geology of the Pacific Ocean

A fact from Geology of the Pacific Ocean appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 17 July 2013 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows: Did you know... that the fastest spreading ocean ridge is the East Pacific Rise at 15 cm/yr, located along the floor of the Pacific Ocean, while the slowest is the Gakkel Ridge in the Arctic Ocean at 2.5 cm/yr? A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2013/July. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Geology of the Pacific Ocean.

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Removed the bit about Ortelius' map and Magellan's voyage as they are simply irrelevant in an article about the geology of the Pacific. Vsmith (talk) 14:14, 16 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]