And the third territory, Nunavut, was carved out of the Northwest Territories in 1999; all to make the country that has the second largest land mass. (slaw.ca)
New investigations by geoscientists of the University of Cologne in cooperation with the University of Bonn and the Jacobs University Bremen have shown that large land masses did indeed exist on Earth 2.7 billion years ago (sciencedaily.com)
This find was particularly surprising because Africa is a larger continent and typically, larger land masses house and support larger mammals. (sciencedaily.com)