Submerged continent

A submerged continent or a sunken continent is a region of continental crust , extensive in size but mainly undersea . The terminology is used by some paleogeologists and geographers in reference to some landmasses (none of which are as large as any of the seven generally-recognized continents ).

The definition of this term is unclear. If continental fragments and microcontinents smaller than 2,500,000 km ² (970,000 sq mi), which is approximately one third of the area of mainland Australia , are excluded, then Zealandia (approximately 4,900,000 km ² or 1,900,000 sq mi) would be the only geological feature which is classifiable as a submerged continent.

Other notable submerged lands include Beringia , Doggerland , the Kerguelen Plateau , Mauritia , Sahul , and Sunda .

Submerged continents have been sought and speculated about in regard to a possible " lost continent " underwater in the Atlantic Ocean . ^[1]^[2] There was also a search in the 1930s for Lemuria , thought to have been a possible submerged continent between the Indian and African coasts. ^[3]

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^ ATLANTIS SEARCH SHIFTS TO AEGEAN; Lost Continent Legend Held Based on False Statistics 1966 New York Times
^ "A Submerged Continent" . Los Angeles Times . April 4, 1882 . Retrieved 2019-05-28 . Ignatius Donnelly has recently published a work in defence of the story that a continent known among the ancients as Atlantis was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean by an earthquake.
^ "Submerged continent" . The Sydney Morning Herald . November 28, 1932. ^{[
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[1] ATLANTIS SEARCH SHIFTS TO AEGEAN; Lost Continent Legend Held Based on False Statistics 1966 New York Times

[2] "A Submerged Continent" . Los Angeles Times . April 4, 1882 . Retrieved 2019-05-28 . Ignatius Donnelly has recently published a work in defence of the story that a continent known among the ancients as Atlantis was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean by an earthquake.

[3] "Submerged continent" . The Sydney Morning Herald . November 28, 1932. ^{[
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v t e Submerged continents and lost lands
Africa	Mauritia Seychelles Microcontinent
Antarctica	Kerguelen Plateau
Asia	Sundaland ( Sunda Shelf )
Europe	Doggerland
North America	Grand Banks
Oceania	Dampier Archipelago Sahul Shelf Zealandia
Transcontinental	Beringia

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