Scientists Map Lost Continent of Zealandia

Deep beneath the Pacific Ocean, most of the remnants of a 2 million square foot lost continent known as Zealandia have fascinated scientists since 2017.

Now, researchers from GNS Science in New Zealand have mapped the submerged land mass in stunning new detail.

“We’ve made these maps to provide an accurate, complete and up-to-date picture of the geology of the New Zealand and southwest Pacific area – better than we have had before," lead author of the maps, geologist Nick Mortimer, said in a statement.