Scientists claim existence of drowned Pacific Ocean continent

SYDNEY (Reuters) – A continent two-thirds the size of Australia has been found beneath the south-west Pacific Ocean, scientists reported in the journal of the Geological Society of America.
The land mass of 4.5 million square kilometers (1.74 million square miles) is 94 percent underwater and only its highest points – New Zealand and New Caldeonia – poke above the surface.
“It’s rather frustrating for us geologists with the oceans being there,” said Nick Mort