Where is World's 8th Continent Zealandia?

Abel Tasman, a seasoned Dutch sailor with a penchant for harsh punishment, was determined to find the vast continent in the southern hemisphere in 1642.

He acknowledged that he had discovered the extraordinary southern landmass, but it was clear that it was not the commercial paradise he had imagined, so he left the area and never came back.

After all, Tasman was correct: there existed an unknown continent, according to the BBC.

In 2017, a group of geologists made headlines when they announced the discovery of Zealandia, or Te Riu-a-Mui, in Mori. According to the broadcaster, it is a massive continent of 1.89 million square miles (4.9 million square kilometres), or six times the size of Madagascar.

According to a BBC storey, the world’s encyclopedias,