By- Srishti Verma
Geoscientists have located continent that has been concealed for nearly 375 years
Accurate map of Zealandia, also known as Te Riu-a-Maui, has been produced by the tiny team of geologists and seismologists
Using information from dredging rock samples recovered from the ocean below, the researchers discovered it
The journal Tectonics has published the specifics of the study
At 1.89 million square miles (4.9 million square kilometers), Zealandia is a sizable continent that is around six times larger than Madagascar
There are actually 8 continents, according to the scientific team, and the newest one is the smallest, thinnest, and youngest on record
Similar to New Zealand, the new continent is 94% underwater and has only a few small islands
Zealandia was formerly a part of Gondwana, a supercontinent that once covered the entirety of the southern hemisphere and was formed around 550 million years ago