New reports claim that search operations for the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 aircraft will continue in the Southern Indian Ocean. Investigators, aided with new three-dimensional maps, will be surveying the floor of the ocean to look for the aircraft that disappeared on March 8 with 239 people on board.

The members of the search operation team will be looking into the "7th arc," a 350-mile-long area believed to be the crash site.

Located about three miles beneath the Indian Ocean's surface, the "7th arc" has been said have volcanoes and ridges that are deeper than the Grand Canyon.

Reports say that the height of some underwater mountains in the area reach up to more than a mile, while a volcano in the same area is said to be bigger than Mount St. Helens.

Maps will be used to cover the Broken Ridge, which is a region located about 1,100 miles from Perth, Australia.

"The terrain of the area around Broken Ridge makes the European Alps look like foothills," said Dr. Simon Boxall, a lecturer at University of Southampton.

"If you stood in the valley you would have, towering above you, mountains that were about 3 km high - just coming straight up in front of you," added Dr. Baxall.

The maps for the operations were produced by the Australian Transport Safety Bureau, which is also the agency leading the search operations. The said agency allegedly confirmed that the MH370 aircraft may be found within the area of the arc.

"While it is impossible to determine with certainty where the aircraft may have entered the water, all the available data and analysis indicates a highly probable search area close to a long but narrow arc of the southern Indian Ocean," the agency said.

With the new information about the possible location of the missing aircraft, some people are becoming hopeful.

Similarly, Peter Foley, who is one of the Australian coordinators for the search operations, feels optimistic about the search. Foley admits, however, that the operation will still be challenging.

"Given the area that we are going to need to potentially search, it's an extraordinary challenge," Foley said.