What is Zealandia?
{{No sources|date=March 2025}}[[File:Zealandia topography.jpg|thumb|right|300px|The topography of Zealandia. [[Australia]], [[Fiji]], and [[Vanuatu]] are not believed to be part of the continent]] '''Zealandia''', also known as '''Te Riu-a-Māui''' or '''Tasmantis''', is an almost entirely underwater [[continent]], which sank after separating from [[Australia]] 60–85 million years ago and from [[Antarctica]] 130–85 million years ago. It was underwater about 23 million years ago, and most of it is sunken (over 93%) under the [[Pacific Ocean]]. The continent of Zealandia has an area of 3.5 million km<sup>2</sup>, is larger than [[Greenland]] or [[India]], and almost half the size of Australia. It is very long and narrow, from [[New Caledonia]] in the north and south beyond the [[New Zealand Subantarctic Islands|sub-Antarctic Islands of New Zealand]] in the south. [[New Zealand]] is the largest part of Zealandia that is above [[sea level]], followed by New Caledonia. {{geo-stub}} [[Category:Continents]] [[Category:Geography of New Zealand]]