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South of New Zealand in the Tasman Sea is an extension of stormy ocean where the waves often dilate 6 meters (20 feet) or more and the winds usually blow at 48 km/h (30 mph) on a very good day

Updated Mar 11, 2021 | 19:15 IST So, now we must get ready to revise our knowledge about the Earths topography. Not seven, but eight continents sit atop it, nevermind the fact that the newest discovery is 94% under the sea. Zealandia is the submerged continent that lies next to Australia (Pic courtesy: GNS)&nbsp Key Highlights Millions of years ago, Gondwana and Laurasia were two land masses formed out of one land mass Pangaea. The now discovered Zealandia formed about 5%...

GSA Today Zealandia: Earth’s Hidden Continent Cover Image 2 GNS Science, P.O. Box 30368, Lower Hutt 5040, New Zealand 3 SGEES, Victoria University of Wellington, P.O. Box 600, Wellington 6140, New Zealand 4 Service Géologique de Nouvelle Calédonie, B.P. 465, Nouméa 98845, New Caledonia 5 School of Geosciences, University of Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia Abstract A 4.9 Mkm 2 region of the southwest Pacific Ocean is made up of continental crust. The region has elevated bathymetry relative to s...