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Joanne Whittaker

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Associate Professor, University of Tasmania

Lord Howe Island is one of the few places where the lost continent of Zealandia is exposed above sea level. SHUTTERSTOCK

November 24, 2019

What are lost continents, and why are we discovering so many?

Maria Seton, University of Sydney; Joanne Whittaker, University of Tasmania, and Simon Williams, University of Sydney

We undertook a 28-day voyage to explore a possible lost continent in a remote part of the Coral Sea, in an area off the coast of Queensland. Here’s what we found.

So little is known about what lies beneath the surface of the Indian Ocean. AAP/ Richard Wainwright

June 16, 2014

What is it really like under the Indian Ocean?

Joanne Whittaker, University of Tasmania and Simon Williams, University of Sydney

Not long after the Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 was declared missing, the world’s attention was focused on a remote, poorly known area of the Eastern Indian Ocean as the possible location of the lost…

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