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The Iapetus Ocean was an Ocean that existed in the Southern Hemisphere between Scotland, England and Scandinavia between 400 and 600 million years ago.

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IapetusIapetus was a Titan in Greek mythology. Iapetus is a moon of Saturn. Iapetus Ocean an ocean that existed between Scotland and Scandinavia between 400 and 600 million years ago.	Iapetus (mythology)In Greek mythology Iapetus or Iapetos was a Titan, the son of Uranus and Gaia, and father (by an Oceanid named Clymene or Asia) of Atlas, Prometheus, Epimetheus, and Menoetius and through Prometheus and Epimetheus and Atlas an ancestor of the human race.	Iapetus (moon)Iapetus ("eye AP uh tuss") is the third-largest moon of Saturn, discovered by Giovanni Domenico Cassini in 1671. It is named after the mythological Iapetus. It is also designated Saturn VIII. Cassini named the four moons he discovered ( Tethys, Dione, Rhe
Iapetus OceanThe Iapetus Ocean was an Ocean that existed in the Southern Hemisphere between Scotland, England and Scandinavia between 400 and 600 million years ago. See also Plate tectonics Geologic timescale.