microcontinent

English

Etymology

From micro- +‎ continent.

Noun

microcontinent (plural microcontinents)

1. (geography) a fragment of continental crust that has cleaved off its parent tectonic plate.
   • 2013, Biogeography of the terrestrial and freshwater biota of the Seychelles islands, page 30:

     Seychelles can first be considered to have existed 62 mya when the Seychelles microcontinent split from India as a result of intense activity in the Carlsberg ridge which started 64 mya […]

See also

• subcontinent