naure.com
GeographySurprise 5/5Difficulty 4/5Reviewed on September 13, 2026

A submerged tropical island the size of Iceland was discovered in the Atlantic.

Why it is true

The island would have existed about 80 million years ago, driven by a mantle plume. The remains were found about 1,200 kilometres off the coast of Brazil, on the Rio Grande Rise, and may have been part of a lost continent.

Source: FAPESP

Would you rather be asked first?

This is the reading side of the site, so the answer is in the sentence above — that is the whole point of it. Test yourself works the other way round: the question comes on its own, and the fact and the explanation only appear once you have answered.

Test yourself →10-question challenge

Related facts

More in Geography

See all →