As the BBC recounted in 2021, Dutch explorer Abel Tasman, whose surname was the root of both Zealandia's old name, Tasmantis — as well as the Australian island state of Tasmania — is heralded ...

During that time period, it was referred to as the Tasmantis Complex. It was not until the mid-90s when geophysicist Bruce Luyendyk coined the name Zealandia, to represent the name of the ...