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==Formation==
[[File:Pannotia.svg|thumb|Pannotia 545 Ma, view centred on the South Pole, after {{Harvnb|Dalziel|1997}}<ref>{{Harvnb|Dalziel|1997|loc=Fig. 12, p. 31}}</ref>]]
The formation of Pannotia began during the [[Pan-African orogeny]] when the [[Congo Craton]] was
When Pannotia had formed, Africa was located at the centre surrounded by the rest of Gondwana: South America, Arabia, Madagascar, India, Antarctica, and Australia. Laurentia, which 'escaped' out of Rodinia, [[Baltica]], and [[Siberia (continent)|Siberia]] kept the relative positions they had in Rodinia. The [[Cathaysia|Cathaysian]] and [[Cimmeria (continent)|Cimmerian terranes]] (continental blocks of southern Asia) were located along the northern margins of east Gondwana. The [[Avalonia]]n-[[Cadomian Orogeny|Cadomian]] terranes (later to become central Europe, Britain, the North American east coast, and Yucatán) were located along the active northern margins of western Gondwana. This [[orogeny]] probably extended north into the [[Ural Mountains|Uralian]] margin of Baltica.<ref name="Scotese-2009-Pannotia" />
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