The disappearance of Argoland presented something of a problem to geologists if it couldn’t be found. “If continents can dive into the mantle and disappear entirely, without leaving a geological trace ...

What happened to Argoland, the continent that broke off western Australia 155 million years ago? Geologists at Utrecht University have now managed to reconstruct the history of the lost continent. As ...

The mystery of a landmass that broke from modern-day western Australia and drifted to sea has been solved after 155 million years. Finally, geologists from Utrecht University in the Netherlands have ...

Argoland, once part of the ancient supercontinent of Gondwana, was long thought to be lost. But scientists recently discovered it splintered apart in Southeast Asia. The lost continent may have broken ...

Geologists have located the remains of the lost continent of Argoland, a 3,100-mile-long landmass that separated from western Australia some 155 million years ago. The existence of the ancient ...

Geologists long assumed that Argoland should exist due to a massive void in Western Australia, but until now the evidence was only circumstantial. A team at Utrecht University in the Netherlands ...

Geologists from Utrecht University in the Netherlands have discovered Argoland, a landmass that detached from modern-day western Australia 155 million years ago. This elusive 3,106-mile stretch, once ...

Geologists have long known that around 155 million years ago, a 5000 km long piece of continent broke off western Australia and drifted away. They can see that by the ‘void’ it left behind: a basin ...

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While Atlantis — a fabled continent said to have been swallowed by the sea — continues to elude its seekers, another long-lost and less famous landmass has been discovered at the bottom of the ocean.

A LOST piece of land that broke off and disappeared to the bottom of the ocean 155 million years ago has been located. The 3,000-mile wide land named “Argoland” is believed to have detached off of ...