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{{short description|Hypothesized Neoproterozoic supercontinent from the end of the Precambrian}}
[[File:Panotiaggg.jpg|thumb|Pannotia was centred on the South Pole, hence its name]]
'''Pannotia''' (from Greek: ''[[wikt:pan-|pan-]]'', "all", ''[[wikt:νότος|-nótos]]'', "south"; meaning "all southern land"), also known as the '''Vendian supercontinent''', '''Greater Gondwana''', and the '''Pan-African supercontinent''', was a relatively short-lived [[Neoproterozoic]] [[supercontinent]] that formed at the end of the [[Precambrian]] during the [[Pan-African orogeny]] (650–500 Ma) and broke apart 560 Ma with the opening of the [[Iapetus Ocean]].<ref>{{Harvnb|Scotese|2009|loc=Reconstruction of Rodinia and Pannotia, p. 68}}</ref>
Pannotia formed when [[Laurentia]] was located adjacent to the two major South American [[craton]]s, [[Amazonian Craton|Amazonia]] and [[Río de la Plata Craton|Río de la Plata]]. The opening of the Iapetus Ocean separated Laurentia from [[Baltica]], Amazonia, and Río de la Plata.<ref>{{Harvnb|Unrug|1997|loc=pp. 3–4, Fig. 3}}</ref>
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