[Rockhounds] Earth's Hidden Eighth Continent Is No Longer Lost

[Kreigh Tomaszewski]

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
<https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/environment/a44346314/ghost-ocean-dent-earths-gravity/>
.

While the majority of Zealandia may never host inhabitants—at least, not
land-based ones—the would-be continent
<https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/environment/a24851843/continents-under-antarctic-ice/>
is
now no longer simply lost. Researchers recently finished mapping out the
northern two-thirds of Zealandia, wrapping up the documentation of the
nearly two million square miles of the submerged land mass.
https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/environment/a45226285/eighth-continent-zealandia-mapped/