lost continent
Vanished ancient homeland
A lost continent is a landmass believed to have existed in ancient times but since vanished—typically sunk beneath the ocean.
Atlantis and Lemuria are the most famous examples, featuring in myth, pseudoscience, and fiction.
The term sometimes appears in geology for actual ancient landmasses now submerged or broken apart: Scientists discovered evidence of a lost continent beneath the Indian Ocean.
- AtlantisMythical sunken island
- LemuriaTheorized lost continent
- MuLegendary sunken Pacific landmass
- sunkenDescended beneath water level
- submergedBelow water's surface
ancient · ancient ruins · civilization · myth · legend · underwater · deep ocean · vanished · drowned · ruins · mystery · Plato · cataclysm · forgotten · buried · oceanic · Pangaea · old world
- Atlantissunken city, Plato, Poseidon, Pillars of Hercules, sinking
- Lost Worldjungle expedition, dinosaurs, ancient ruins, pterodactyl, explorers