What Did Pangaea Look like?

200 million years ago, the planet looked very different than it did now. Plate tectonics had arranged the world's continents into a single massive landmasses: Pangaea. Today I attempt to use my knowledge of geography to create a basic map of what this land might have looked like.

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[alecthemax]

Its not what you intended, but this video is actually very helpful for creating fantasy world maps.

[swargpatel]

I remember being so excited when I saw that South America and Africa fit together but then I realized that people already knew that...

[spacedoutorca]

-Talks about one image trading accuracy for aesthetic.
-Uses that as the thumbnail.

*Sneak 100*

[davec.]

I am a geologist. This is a very well done video. It would have made my university days much easier as we had to visualize cerebrally. Some of my classmates printed t-shirts with the phrase "Reunite Gondwana!" over a graphic as just a silly way to get reactions. Keep up the good work!

[Catbot]

Possible video ideas: What would a completely terraformed Mars or Venus look like?

[TheLeontheking]

Just imagine being lost in thoughts, letting your eyes wander across your map, when you suddenly notice that two entire continents look as if they fit together..

[playernone]

Me at 3:00 am:
Brain - "Wanna find out what Pangaea looked like?"
Me - "Why?"
Brain - "You gotta"

[harrietharlow]

I just rewatched this and in German, "Urkontinent" more accurately translates to English as "original continent". Other than that, small detail, a very good video. Excellent job, Atlas Pro!

[opler]

I sometimes forget how recently we have acquired this type of knowledge. Continental drift wasn`t accepted until 1968. The same year men first orbited the Moon.

[MrGod-nlno]

Urkontinent means something like "the first continent" or "original continent", not supercontinent.

Edit: It can also mean something like ancient continent!

[protercool]

I love to look at these maps and imagine how civilizations might have formed had this been the world we lived in. This video gives me some really cool ideas.

[matthewweitzner]

I've always wondered how mountain ranges exist where there isn't a continental division now, eg. the Scottish Highlands, thanks for explaining it!

[janw]

Urkontinent means something like "first continent" or "ancient continent", not super continent.

[BorlandC]

Ok. This awoke a geography nerd in me that I didn't even know I had.

[joshuajudas]

So, I almost always learn something new here on Atlas Pro, but pretty much EVERYTHING covered in this episode was unknown to me prior to viewing. Good show, young chap. Good show. Bravo, and thank-you!

[felixw]

0:28 the German prefix "Ur-" means "old", "original", "ancient" or "first".
So Urkontinent translates to "Old continent" or "First continent"

[insulareshdxo]

When I was in elementary, I also noticed it, it’s like a jigsaw puzzle, without knowing the Pangea

[RiciB]

Just a little correction: “Urkontinent” doesn’t translate well to “super continent”. The prefix Ur- mostly means that something is very old or the start of something, or a stage before something else. Great grandfather in German is “Urgroßvater” as he has been there before the Großvater. In case of Urkontinent, ur- means primordial, the continent that preceded other continents, the one that is the origin of all other continents. I know this comment is now irrelevant cause this video is 2 years old but I figured I could clarify that

[DoomMomDot]

this was really interesting. I wonder if you could do something similar with where the continents will be in the future? Like, I've heard Africa will eventually hit Europe, closing the Mediterranean ocean.

[colinp]

The music sounds like I'm on hold.