unmapped territory
/ʌnˈmæpt ˈtɛr.ɪ.tɔːri/ · un·mapped·ter·ri·o·ry
noun
- An area that has not been charted or surveyed. The expedition entered unmapped territory, where no maps existed.
- A situation or field that is unexplored or not well understood. The new technology represents unmapped territory for researchers.
Synonyms
unexplored areaunknown regionuncharted landvirgin territorynew frontierblank spaceuntraversed zoneundiscovered domain
Antonyms
Did you know? The phrase "unmapped territory" was famously used by explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton in his 1914 account of the Antarctic expedition, describing the unknown ice fields.