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Zealandia, considered a candidate for the Earth’s eighth continent, was mostly lost to the sea. Geologists say they’ve now mapped the entire nearly two million square miles of the underwater ...
Topographic map of Zealandia. The Zealandia continent is largely made up of two nearly parallel ridges, separated by a failed rift, where the rift breakup of the continent stops and becomes a filled graben. The ridges rise above the sea floor to heights of 1,000–1,500 m (3,300–4,900 ft), with a few rocky islands rising above sea level.
Earth's mysterious eighth continent doesn't appear on most conventional maps. Zealandia — or Te Riu-a-Māui, as it's referred to in the indigenous Māori language — is a 2 million-square-mile ...
Topographic map of Zealandia. A submerged continent or a sunken continent is a region of continental crust, extensive in size but mainly undersea.The terminology is used by some paleogeologists and geographers in reference to some landmasses (none of which are as large as any of the seven generally-recognized continents).
The Zealandia continent is largely made up of two nearly parallel ridges, separated by a failed rift, where the rift breakup of the continent stops and becomes a filled graben. The ridges rise above the sea floor to heights of 1,000–1,500 m (3,300–4,900 ft), with a few rocky islands rising above sea level.
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English: Topographic map of Zealandia, based on bathymetry data from Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego. Boundary is based on information which was given in: Nick Mortimer; Hamish Campbell (2014) Zealandia - Our Continent Revealed, London: Penguin Books, p. 54 ISBN: 978-0-143-57156-8.
Description: Map of the Zealandia (continent): Date: January 2008: Source: Own work Bathymetry: ETOPO2v2 2min - edited with Inkscape, Land Information New Zealand, Te Ara The Encyclopedia of New Zealand