A recent study has finally pinpointed the existence of Argoland, resolving the mystery that had baffled scientists for years.
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Scientists recently made a groundbreaking discovery, as they finally found the long lost continent of Argoland that vanished over 155 million years ago after breaking away from Australia. A recent study has finally pinpointed the existence of Argoland, resolving the mystery that had baffled scientists for years. Researchers at Utrecht University in the Netherlands have identified this mysterious landmass, which was buried beneath the jungles of Indonesia and Myanmar. Led by geologists Eldert Advokaat and Douwe van Hinsbergen, this seven year study was similar to the exploration of another ancient land, Greater Adria, which was rediscovered in 2019. Both Argoland and Adria broke into numerous pieces.
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Eldert, talking about the research paper said, “We were literally dealing with islands of information, which is why our research took so long. We spent seven years putting the puzzle together. The situation in Southeast Asia is very different from places like Africa and South America, where a continent broke neatly into two pieces. Argoland splintered into many different shards. That obstructed our view of the continent’s journey.”
Douwe van Hinsbergen explained, “If continents can dive into the mantle and disappear entirely, without leaving a geological trace at the earth’s surface, then we wouldn’t have much of an idea of what the earth could have looked like in the geological past. It would be almost impossible to create reliable reconstructions of former supercontinents and the earth’s geography in foregone eras.”
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Meanwhile, Eldert Advokaat and his team stepped forward after they identified evidence of Argoland in the Himalayas and Philippines. These wreckages of the lost land assembled as an archipelago instead of a solid landmass. Roughly 215 million years ago, an event triggered the shattering, leading the continent to crack into thin pieces. The geologists conducted their study across various islands like Sumatra, Andaman Islands, Borneo, Sulawesi and Timor. This exploration was aimed to authenticate their theories and examine the rock layers to determine their age.
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Over the years, researchers have unearthed multiple lost continents and Zealandia being the eighth to surface. This island is estimated to be one billion years old and it is submerged in the southwestern Pacific region. Named after New Zealand, Zealandia stretches underwater from this area and was officially acknowledged as Earth’s eighth continent back in 2017. Approximately 105 million years ago, Zealandia separated from the supercontinent, a phenomenon that geologists are yet to explain.
