Boreanesians and the Pacific Conlang League

Barry Garcia wrote:

>I'm beginning to wonder about a good explanation for the Saalangal's home
>island to be where it is. I'm still thinking it would be situated over
>Carpenter Ridge, but say on a spot that made it above the surface of the
>waves. The island is now about 200 miles at it's longest with smaller
>islets. Would it have been formed at the same time as the Boreanesian
>archipelago if it remains on Carpenter Ridge? Or is Carpenter ridge
>younger than the Boreanesian Archipelago (important questions because that
>helps determine endemic plant species)? Or, is it a part of Sundaland if
>it's there?
If the Saalangal's island is on a ridge, then it is definitely
geologically young - there's no question about it. An area is
always geologically active anywhere two (or more?) plates meet,
and geological activity entails young land.

Boreanesia, on the other hand, is old. Very very VERY old. The
islands are not volcanic islands popping out of the ocean, rather,
they belong to a shelf that broke off from Gondwanaland when
dinosaurs still ruled the Earth. Boreanesia is therefore at least
as old as Australia.

-kristian- 8)