Scientists thought it may have disappeared forever.
A missing chunk of the planet has been found Around 155 million years ago, a huge chunk of Western Australia broke off and drifted away – and has only just been found again. Scientists know the 5,000km piece of land existed because of a massive hole it left behind on the ocean floor, known as the Argo Abyssal Plain. From here, telltale signs under the sea suggest it drifted northwest to the islands of Southeast Asia, but no trace has ever been found.
The results suggest that around 250 million years ago Argoland began to fracture and splinter, the remnants of which are now hidden deep beneath the lush jungles of the region’s thousands of islands. Scientists believe they have found the missing continent of Argoland, which broke off from Australia It now lies buried beneath Southeast Asia ‘We were literally dealing with islands of information, which is why our research took so long.
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