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#KnowledgeBit: #Zealandia is an almost entirely submerged mass of continental crust that subsided after breaking away from Gondwanaland 83 - 79 million years ago. It has been described variously as a submerged continent, a continental fragment (or microcontinent), and a continent.
It is sometimes referred as the "#EighthContinent of the world".
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#DidYouKnow: #Zealandia is an almost entirely submerged mass of continental crust that subsided after breaking away from Gondwanaland 83 - 79 million years ago. It has been described variously as a submerged continent, a continental fragment (or microcontinent), and a continent.
It is sometimes referred as the "#EighthContinent of the world".
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The #8thcontinent #eighthcontinent
#Zealandia #TeRiuaMaui
Had been missing for 375 Years
Researchers found it by using the data obtained from dredged rock samples recovered from the ocean floor
A vast continent of 4.9 million sq km
6 times the size of #Madagascar
Smallest, thinnest and youngest in the world.
New continent is 94% underwater, with just a handful of islands
https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/scientists-discover-8th-continent-that-had-been-missing-for-375-years-4427501