Western Europe's first vertical launch spaceport will be on the Shetland island of Unst.
Geologically-speaking, the Shetlands were once part of North America (Laurentia).
The Appalachian Mountains, as well as the mountains of Scotland and in Norway were all connected and originated in the same orogeny, long before the first dinosaurs.
Keep this up, and we'll have to start a thread on paleogeology... ;D
All Grognard all the time, baby! ;D
LOL! I understood that reference! ;D