ZEALANDIA

About:

• Zealandia is an almost entirely submerged mass of continental crust located in the southern Pacific Ocean that subsided after breaking away from Gondwanaland 83–79 million years ago.
  
  
• It has variously been described as a continental fragment, a microcontinent, a submerged continent, and a continent.
  
  
• The land mass may have been completely submerged by about 23 million years ago, and most of it (93%) remains submerged beneath the Pacific Ocean.
  
  
• Political Divisions Under Zealandia Are: New Zealand, New Caledonia, Norfolk island, Lord howe island group and Elizabeth and Middleton reefs.
  
  
• Names: It is also known as Tasmantis due to its proximity to Tasman sea. Te Riu-a-Māui is another name for Zealandia.
  
  
• The name and concept for Zealandia was proposed by Bruce Luyendyk in 1995.