List of non-fictional lost worlds

This is a list of non-fictional lost worlds, where the terrain has been isolated from its geological surroundings, and thus gained an independent ecological evolution, often resulting in the birth of species endemic to that area.

List by region

Africa

• Madagascar - many species are indigenous to the island.

Antarctica

• Weddell Sea - many undiscovered new animals found

Australasia

• Foja Mountains, New Guinea - Various new species, including a 1.4 kg rat, a honeyeater, and several frogs and plants.

Asia

• Flores, Indonesia - Remains of homo floresiensis and pygmy elephants.
• Vu Quang, Vietnam - discovery of new deers in the 1990s.

Middle east

• Ayalon Cave, Israel - limestone cave isolated from outside world. New crustaceans discovered.

South America

• Galapagos Islands, Ecuador
• Monte Roraima, shared by Brazil, Venezuela and Guayana - model of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's "The Lost World"
• Suriname - 24 new species were discovered in the remote plateaus of eastern Suriname in 2006