Geography says continent. Culture says island. Biology tells a very different story. Australia's place on the map depends on ...

SCIENTISTS are mapping the mysterious “lost” continent of Zealandia for the first time. The gigantic landmass in the South Pacific disappeared beneath the waves 23million years ago – an… ...

Now, researchers from GNS Science have provided some stunningly detailed maps of the so-called “lost continent,” offering us a glimpse of how it compares to neighboring Australia, and how it ...

They have revealed more about the continent's ancient stretching, which continued for millions of years and even changed direction – leading to an ultra-thin continent that eventually sank.

A landmass which was once home to up to half a million people has been discovered off the coast of northern Australia. The now-submerged continental shelf was a vast, habitable landscape for much ...

On average, the continent is shifting 0.2 feet per year to the north. ... In other words: All maps of Australia are five feet off at the moment. Subscribe for unlimited access to The Post.

Earth's mysterious eighth continent doesn't appear on most conventional maps. That's because almost 95 percent of its land mass is submerged thousands of feet beneath the Pacific Ocean. Zealandia ...

Under New Zealand, there lies a vast continent on the sea floor. Once part of the same land mass as Antarctica and Australia, the lost continent of Zealandia broke off 85 million years ago and ...

National Library of Australia . A crumbling 17th century map of Australia—sketched more than 100 years before James Cook made his famed voyage to the continent—has been restored after a ...