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According to a hypothesis that was recently put forward by geologists except for an international group of researchers on our planet traditional seven continents – Asia, Africa, Europe, North and South America, Australia and Antarctica, there is an eighth continent – Zealand.
This mainland combines the alleged islands of New Zealand and New Caledonia, and he himself is under the waters of the Pacific Ocean. Chain the aforementioned islands – they say, only the tops of the once descending continent, whose area is about 5 million square kilometers. For comparison, this is more than area of india.
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According to scientists, the hypothetical mainland of Zealand fell under Pacific waters about 23 million years ago and he broke away from Australia, becoming an independent continent, not later 85 million years ago. It is possible that at the same time its breakaway from Antarctica also occurred.
Today the chain of islands of New Zealand and New Caledonia only 7 percent of the area of this continent, the rest part of it is flooded, but it is clearly visible from satellites …
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