[[Lêer:Pangaea continents.svg|duimnael|’n Kaart van Pangea, met die moderne kontinente daarop aangedui.]]
'''Pangea''' of '''Pangaea''' was ’n [[Kontinent|superkontinent]] wat sowat 300 miljoen jaar gelede tydens die Laat [[Paleosoïkum|Paleosoïese]] en die Vroeë [[Mesosoïkum|Mesosoïese Era]] bestaan het.<ref>{{Citecite news |last=Lovett |first=Richard A. |title=Supercontinent Pangaea Pushed, Not Sucked, Into Place |publisher=National Geographic News |date=5 September 2008 |url=http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/09/080905-pangaea-suction_2.html |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170921053321/http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/09/080905-pangaea-suction_2.html |archive-date=21 September 2017 |url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> Dit het sowat 200 miljoen jaar gelede verbrokkel.<ref>Plate Tectonics and Crustal Evolution, Third Ed., 1989, by Kent C. Condie, Pergamon Press</ref> Die enkele [[oseaan]] wat dit omring het, word [[Panthalassa]] genoem.
| last = Lovett | first = Richard A.
| title = Supercontinent Pangaea Pushed, Not Sucked, Into Place
| publisher = National Geographic News | date = 5 September 2008
}}</ref> Dit het sowat 200 miljoen jaar gelede verbrokkel.<ref>Plate Tectonics and Crustal Evolution, Third Ed., 1989, by Kent C. Condie, Pergamon Press</ref> Die enkele [[oseaan]] wat dit omring het, word [[Panthalassa]] genoem.
Die naam Pangea is afgelei van die [[Grieks]]e ''pan'' (πᾶν, "hele") en ''[[Gaia (mitologie)|Gaia]]'' (Γαῖα, "Aarde" of "Moederaarde").<ref name=OnlineEtDict>{{cite web |title=Pangaea |url=http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=Pangaea&allowed_in_frame=0 |publisher=Online Etymology Dictionary |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050910230855/http://www.etymonline.com:80/index.php?term=Pangaea |archive-date=10 September 2005 |url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
