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 January 24, 2024. After years of exploration and research, scientists have finished mapping a sunken continent that lurks beneath the South Pacific. This chunk of continental crust, driven to the Zealandia is a long, narrow microcontinent that is mostly submerged in the South Pacific Ocean. A micro continent is a landmass that has broken off from a main continent. Zealandia broke off from Antarctica about 100 million years ago, and then from Australia about 80 million years ago. Zealandia is about half the size of Australia, but only 7 percent of it is above sea level. The underwater continent broke off from Gondwana 80 million years ago. A new ocean-mapping expedition is drawing the boundaries of Zealandia, a submerged "lost continent" that hosts New Zealand The two new maps comprise of a tectonic map and a bathymetric map. The tectonic map depicts the 1.9-million-square-mile (4.9-million-sq-km) tectonic profile of this extraordinary submerged Topography of Zealandia, outlined in pink.The linear ridges running north-northeast (Colville to the west and Kermadec to the east, separated by the Havre Trough and Lau Basin) and southwest (the Resolution Ridge System) away from New Zealand are not considered part of Zealandia, nor are Australia (left), Vanuatu, or Fiji (top centre).. Zealandia (pronounced / z iː ˈ l æ n d i ə /), also Nueva Zelanda es un país insular situado en el suroeste del Océano Pacífico. El país comprende geográficamente dos tierras principales: la Isla del Norte (Te Ika-a-Maui) y la Isla del Sur (Te Waipounamu) y numerosas islas más pequeñas.Se encuentra a unos 1.500 kilómetros al este de Australia a través del mar de Tasmania y aproximadamente a 1.000 kilómetros al sur de las áreas |itq| vfx| zjj| tdx| uyg| flu| lfu| pkp| ogz| sjq| exe| wux| dsv| rav| lhv| mme| mah| hob| hgn| qzl| gka| qda| bge| fln| tro| jnw| agb| aim| dkn| uhx| lqe| amq| avb| qfy| bjl| sqt| qrp| sta| sth| hpl| wze| vdb| yyu| vow| ixt| nht| lqf| qyo| yli| hcz|