Zealandia On World Map

Scientists studying the lost continent of zealandia have produced a series of detailed maps that show the continent sitting beneath the ocean surface. In 2017, a group of geologists made headlines when they published the finding of zealandia. Though the world’s encyclopedias, maps, and search engines had been arguing for some time that there are only seven continents.

“the maps offer descriptions of new zealand’s volcanoes, plate boundary and sedimentary basins,” mortimer said. The research team spent 28 days aboard the falcour to explore the area, mapping 14,285 square miles (37,000 square kilometers). Zealandia is about half the size of australia, but only 7 percent of it is above sea level.

The research team spent 28 days aboard the falcour to explore the area, mapping 14,285 square miles (37,000 square kilometers).

A map of zealandia, outlined in gray. The new maps reveal zealandia's bathymetry (the shape of the ocean floor) as well as its tectonic history, showing how volcanism and tectonic motion have shaped the continent over millions of. Zealandia (continent) size comparison save 4,920,000 km 2 / 1,899,120 mile 2. Give him a look, and step outside of reality and into the new age of mapping.