Scientists studying the lost continent of Zealandia have produced a series of detailed maps that show the continent sitting beneath the ocean surface. Zealandia is … ...

"That paper is really showing its age: the illustrations are black and white and, 18 years ago, we were still very tentative about the viability of the Zealandia continent.

Zealandia meets the criteria traditionally used to classify a continent, according the study led by geologists at GNS Science, a New Zealand research group also known by its Maori name, Te Pū Ao.

A mysterious underwater continent is gradually giving up its secrets. The latest expedition to Zealandia, a sunken continent long lost beneath the ocean, uncovered 60-million-year-old specimens ...

A massive landmass called Zealandia was submerged beneath the southwest Pacific Ocean, and geologists took up the task to map the unknown region.

A map showing Zealandia, which researchers contend constitutes a distinct continent from Australia. GNS New Zealand's North and South Islands constitute the highest mountains on Zealandia.

GNS Science created new maps of Earth's mysterious eighth continent, the lost continent of Zealandia, that show the submerged landmass in unprecedented detail.

New maps reveal details about the size and shape of Earth's lost 8th continent, Zealandia, which disappeared under the Pacific Ocean ...

The lost continent of Zealandia that sank into the sea 23 million years ago has been revealed in unprecedented detail in new maps of the ocean floor. Pictured, a tectonic map of the 1,930,511 ...

Why Zealandia is almost certainly a new continent N. Mortimer et al./GSA Today Zealandia, shown in gray to the east of Australia, may be Earth's seventh geologic continent.