But the proponents of Zealandia-as-continent say it's much larger than other microcontinents, such as Madagascar (Zealandia is six times the size), believing that any landmass larger than 386,000 ...

Scientists are making a renewed claim for Zealandia—a land mass that is 94 percent submerged under water and includes New Zealand—to be recognized as a new continent. In a paper published in ...

Recent research suggests chunks of Zealandia, an eighth continent that disappeared under the Pacific Ocean, might be 1.3 billion years old. Business Insider Subscribe Newsletters ...

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 ...

Another week, another newly discovered continent. Researchers determined a piece of land just east of Australia qualifies as a continent called, "Zealandia." The news comes days after scientists ...

Zealandia is sometimes called Earth's eighth continent. It stretches over 1.9 million square miles — about half the size of Australia. But it was hidden, lost for millennia, because 95% of it is ...

Zealandia, a submerged landmass in the Pacific, is considered the world's eighth continent. Named in 1995 and confirmed as a continent in 2017, it separated from Gondwana millions of years ago.

The continent, if it were above sea level, would multiply the size of New Zealand several times over. There’s a continent you’ve probably never heard of. It’s called Zealandia, and it’s ...

Earth’s hidden continent. There are seven continents on Earth: Eurasia, North America, South America, Africa, Antarctica, Australia and now Zealandia. Zealandia is about two-thirds the size of ...

Geologists Have Created The First-Ever Map of the World's Lost Continent — Zealandia . ... However, this size did not help, as 95% of its land was submerged beneath the ocean’s surface.

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 ...