GNS has also launched a website called E Tūhura – Explore Zealandia, where the maps can be bought and which provides information about Zealandia. With a total area around 4.9 million km 2 , what is called New Caledonia today is located in the northern portion of the continent with the islands of New Zealand occupying the south.

It includes land that is mostly submerged, but during ice ages, was above sea level. Tsunami warning for Vanuatu and New Caledonia after 7.6 magnitude earthquake. April 2017. New Caledonia is a special territory in the continent of Oceania with a population of 284,060 habitants. 2 out of 5 stars. The capital of New Caledonia is Noumea. ... Zealandia drilling reveals secrets of sunken lost continent. The Great South, comprising the Mont-Dore and Yaté municipalities, is the most symbolic region for New Caledonia’s three main colours: blue, green and red. From the rainforest to the mining lands there are a thousand shades of green, while the ocean offers a dazzling palette of blues. New Zealand is the main part of the 5 million square kilometre continent above sea level, with New Caledonia being the other. New Zealand and New Caledonia are part of the new continent, which is about as big as greater India. New Caledonia in geological terms is a high region of a mostly submerged continent called Zealandia. While it is around 94% under water today, in Earth's ancient past, it existed above sea level. The new continent could have economic and geopolitical implications. Zealandia is the geological continent that encompasses New Zealand and New Caledonia.

Zealandia is 5 million km² making it the eqivalent of two-thirds the size of its neighbour, Australia .It spans north to New Caledonia and further south than New Zealand's own sub-Antarctic islands. The continent, dubbed Zealandia, also includes New Caledonia and other islands and territories in that section of the southwest Pacific Ocean, according to a paper published this week by the Geological Society of America.