SCIENTISTS are mapping the mysterious “lost” continent of Zealandia for the first time. The gigantic landmass in the South Pacific disappeared beneath the waves 23million years ago – an… ...

Now, researchers from GNS Science have provided some stunningly detailed maps of the so-called “lost continent,” offering us a glimpse of how it compares to neighboring Australia, and how it ...

In the deep South Pacific ocean lies a lost continent that, up until a few years ago, was undiscovered by man. You’ve likely been taught that there are 7 continents on Earth. However, now there ...

But in 2017, the story took an unexpected turn – the seven-continent model has been a mistake all along.Enter Zealandia, a long-lost land to the southeast of Australia, otherwise known as the ...

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A landmass which was once home to up to half a million people has been discovered off the coast of northern Australia. The now-submerged continental shelf was a vast, habitable landscape for much ...

The lost continent of Zealandia has been mapped for the first time. This enormous chunk of submerged continental crust sits between Antarctica and Australia, where it connected the landmasses as ...

FROM its vast size and its peculiar conditions of physical geography the island-continent of Australia presents formidable difficulties alike to the topographical and the geological surveyor. Of ...

However, despite the excitement around the discovery of a new continent, and more than a decade of intensive research, many details of Zealandia's early formation have remained elusive.

The latest maps of the world's eighth continent. Share using Email. Share on Twitter. Share on Facebook Share on Linkedin (Image credit: Alamy) By Zaria Gorvett. 29th September 2023.