Earth may not have seven continents after all. From the earliest of grades, schoolchildren around the world have memorized ...

Scientists confirm Zealandia, Earth's eighth continent, submerged almost two million square miles, with only 5% above water.

and it marked the official discovery of a new continent: Antarctica. It also cemented the modern idea, upheld by most maps across the English-speaking world, that there are seven major landmasses.

The three cartographers created the Equal Earth map in response to public schools in Boston adopting another map, the Gall-Peter map projection, to depict the true sizes of the continents in 2017.

so we know that the continents didn’t form all at once in the early history of the Earth. You can check out a map of the world’s cratons below to get a sense of the old cores of continents.

“Labeling and identifying part of the Earth as a continent, even a small, thin and submerged one, is more informative than just leaving a map blank.” This creates problems for numbering continent ...

Zealandia was only recognised as Earth's eighth continent back in 2017 ... in addition to the landmass which we live upon and these are the most tricky parts to map out and gain a full picture of.

Most continents are more than just their cratons, so we know that the continents didn't form all at once in the early history of the Earth. You can check out a map of the world's cratons below to get ...