8th continent

The Unusual Discovery of zealandia 

Finally, after about 375 years, in 2017, the geologists finally made the discovery of Zealandia, and now we have 8 continents of the world .

 The total area of Zealandia is about 4.9 million sq kilometers. 

It took scientists 375 years to discover the eighth continent of the world, which had been hiding in plain sight all along. But mysteries about the land mass still remain.

An eighth continent, called Zealandia, is hidden under New Zealand and the surrounding Pacific.

Since 94% of Zealandia is submerged, discerning the continent's age and mapping it is difficult.

New research suggests Zealandia is 1 billion years old, about twice as old as geologists thought.