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Feb 17, 2017 · A proposed world map showing the eighth continent Zealandia. Though most of this continent is submerged beneath the ocean, scientists say it has all the geologic hallmarks of a separate...
Enter Zealandia, a long-lost land to the southeast of Australia, otherwise known as the planet's forgotten eighth continent.
It took scientists 375 years to discover the eighth continent of the world, which had been hiding in plain sight all along. But mysteries about the land mass still remain.
Jun 24, 2020 · Scientists confirmed the existence of an eighth continent, called Zealandia, under New Zealand and the surrounding ocean in 2017. Because 94% of Zealandia's 2 million square miles are underwater,...
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Sep 25, 2023 · Zealandia, considered a candidate for the Earth’s eighth continent, was mostly lost to the sea. Geologists say they’ve now mapped the entire nearly two million square miles of the underwater land...
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Oct 20, 2023 · You might be used to learning about seven continents around the world, but did you know that Zealandia is the long-lost eighth? It was undiscovered for a long time because it's mainly underwater.
Jun 25, 2020 · These new maps therefore offer further evidence that the underwater land mass should be considered the eighth continent, Mortimer added.