'Eighth wonder of world' rediscovered in NZ

[Still Waters]

The location of the long lost “eighth wonder of the world” has been rediscovered in New Zealand, researchers claim.

The pink and white terraces of Lake Rotomahana, on the country’s North Island, were a major tourist attraction in the 1800s and people travelled from far and wide to see them. It was thought they had been destroyed by a volcanic eruption in 1886 and as they were never surveyed by the government of the time, there was no record of their latitude or longitude.

But the 2010 discovery of a geologist’s long-lost diaries in a Swiss collection has allowed researchers to estimate their location, to within 35 metres.

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/eighth-wonder-world-apos-rediscovered-124626068.html

[taniwha]

Some things are better left buried.

[back to earth]

That must have been some vast landform alteration  to loose their location !  

 

[back to earth]

Wait ... this is news from  2010   ?  

[back to earth]

Still ...... thats some big  'crack '     !   

 

site today ;

 

 

[taniwha]

28 minutes ago, back to earth said:

Wait ... this is news from  2010   ?  

No, in 2010 it was believed the location of the terraces had been found beneath the lakes water. 

But this latest research suggests they are buried above water and accessible perhaps to some sort of future excavation.

 

[Still Waters]

11 hours ago, back to earth said:

Wait ... this is news from  2010   ?  

No. 

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But the 2010 discovery of a geologist’s long-lost diaries in a Swiss collection has allowed researchers to estimate their location, to within 35 metres

The research is new aided by the diaries found in 2010.