Scientists confirm Zealandia, Earth's eighth continent, submerged almost two million square miles, with only 5% above water.

“Labeling and identifying part of the Earth as a continent, even a small, thin and submerged one, is more informative than just leaving a map blank.” Hence, for example, Zealandia – the ...

If the entire continent were above water New Zealand would be about half the size of Australia. The above figure shows a bathymetric map of Zealandia. Bathymetric maps are similar to topographic ...

Mortimer told Business Insider that the new maps offer more proof that Zealandia was actually a separate continent – as opposed to a "microcontinent," which was its classification before 2017.

Now in a study published in Tectonics, the scientists have finished mapping this entire continent—all 1.9 million square miles. “We’ve put Zealandia on the map,” says Mortimer, who works ...

An international team of geologists and seismologists has created a refined map of Zealandia, the submerged continent beneath the Pacific Ocean. Using data from rock samples and seismic analysis ...

They then dated the samples, interpreted their magnetic anomalies, and plotted where they were found to map the mostly-underwater continent's geography. The prevailing theory about how Zealandia ...

Katy is Managing Editor at IFLScience where she oversees editorial content from News articles to Features, and even occasionally writes some. Zealandia has been kicking about for a good 60 million ...

New research on the geology of Zealandia is revealing ... official discovery of a new continent: Antarctica. It also cemented the modern idea, upheld by most maps across the English-speaking ...

Geologists have now mapped out the missing eighth continent. You might be used to learning about seven continents around the world, but did you know that Zealandia is the long-lost eighth?