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Drawing a question mark over parts of the map, he explains that large areas of Antarctica are still unmapped because no-one has ever been able to get there.

From BBC • Feb. 2, 2024

Instead of contributing about 40% of the region's methane emissions, small unmapped lakes contribute only about 3%, according to the study.

From Science Daily • Dec. 12, 2023

“There is a high possibility of these unexploded ordinances floating around and landing in new unknown, unmapped areas,” she said.

From New York Times • Jun. 8, 2023

There are thought to be as many as 1,000 unmapped, sunken ships with ties to the trans-Atlantic slave trade, which brought an estimated 12 million Africans to the Americas and Caribbean over four centuries.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 6, 2023

The Alps of the Southern Ocean were just as formidable as any mountain range, and they were unmapped.

From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong