What if a new continent formed tomorrow? It seems like a completely absurd assumption, but something similar is happening now. Of course, the continent in question did not form overnight, it has been hidden from the prying eyes of scientists for at least 375 years.
Speculations and assumptions have been circulating about the discovered section for a long time, and accordingly, they began to search for it. The place was given a name: Zealandia or Te Rio a Maui in Māori for those who were interested in the subject.
Zealandia is by no means a paltry 1.89 million square miles. Its history is very impressive: more than 500 million years ago, it was part of the Gondwana supercontinent, which included most of West Antarctica and eastern Australia.
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It is said that it was first discovered in 1642 by the Dutch businessman and sailor Abel Tasman, who desperately tried to discover the “great southern continent”, devoting his whole life to it.
Although he did not find the new land, he met the local Māori who were initially unhappy at his arrival. Later, however, they provided valuable information about the surrounding lands, including the presence of a large tract of land to the east.
However, it was only in 2017 that geologists discovered that the continent had been hidden from our eyes all along.
Scientists agreed on the existence of Zealandia, which began to “separate” from Gondwana (the ancient supercontinent) for reasons that scientists are still trying to understand.
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newfound continent Most of it is underwater, and geoscientists from the GNS Science Zealand Crown Research Institute have noted that although the area’s existence and extent are clear, it could take some time to explore.
“It’s a process that we don’t fully understand yet, Zealandia is starting to drift away,” Tulloch explained.
His colleague Nick Mortimer, who led the study, joked that it was “fantastic” before explaining:
“When you think about it, every continent on the planet has different countries, but Zealandia only has three territories in total.”
