Modern day New Zealand and New Caledonia are the highest points of the continental fragment of Zealandia—a massive 1,900,000 square mile (4,900,000 square kilometer) land mass that broke away from Gondwana 79-83 million years ago.
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Modern day New Zealand and New Caledonia are the highest points of the continental fragment of Zealandia—a massive 1,900,000 square mile (4,900,000 square kilometer) land mass that broke away from Gondwana 79-83 million years ago.
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