section_path: Other divisions/Submerged continents
section_name: Submerged continents
paragraph_text: Submerged continents
  
  Some areas of continental crust are largely covered by the ocean and may be considered submerged continents. Notable examples are Zealandia, emerging from the ocean primarily in New Zealand and New Caledonia, and the almost completely submerged Kerguelen Plateau in the southern Indian Ocean.