Shocking A New Continent Has Been Discovered In The Pacific Ocean 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. 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.
New Continent Discovered In The Pacific Ocean Youtube Earth's mysterious eighth continent doesn't appear on most conventional maps; that's because almost 95% of its land mass is submerged thousands of feet beneath the pacific ocean. zealandia — or. 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. 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. In 2017, the discovery of a previously unknown continent off the shores of new zealand –appropriately named zealandia or te riu a māui in the māori language–made headlines worldwide.
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