A New Continent Is Discovered On Earth In The Pacific Ocean Youtube The latest maps of the world's eighth continent. zealandia was completely drowned around 25 million years ago (credit: alamy) new research on the geology of zealandia is revealing how it formed. Until 2017, zealandia was classified as a "microcontinent," like the island of madagascar. but according to mortimer, zealandia ticks all the boxes for continent status: it has clearly defined boundaries, occupies an area greater than 386,000 square miles (1 million square kilometers), is elevated above the surrounding ocean crust, and has a continental crust thicker than that oceanic crust.
New Continent Discovered In The Pacific Ocean Youtube 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. The evidence presented in this paper described 4.9 million square kilometres of the south west pacific ocean as underlain by a submerged continent, zealandia. the paper also showed that zealandia like other continents is large, relatively high, has thick crust, and contains rocks like granite and greywacke. Zealandia had so much promise as the eighth continent on earth. well, it did—until about 95 percent of the mass sunk under the ocean. while the majority of zealandia may never host inhabitants. An artist's impression of how earth's eight continent named zealandia may have looked like. getty. in 2017, the discovery of a previously unknown continent off the shores of new zealand.
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