Pangaea (album) Pangaea (album) Pangaea is a double album recorded by jazz trumpeter Miles Davis. It was originally released in 1976, exclusively in Japan. Both "Pangaea" and its predecessor "Agharta" (1975) were recorded on February 1, in Osaka, Japan, at the Festival Hall. The "Agharta" concert took place during an afternoon matinee, whereas "Pangaea" was recorded in the evening. The album's music was split into two tracks, "Zimbabwe" and "Gondwana", the latter of which was the name of the ancient supercontinent, as was "Pangaea". According to music scholar Enrico Merlin, the two tracks contain performances of the segments originally developed by Davis
Continent craton or continental core. These have included Laurasia, Gondwana, Vaalbara, Kenorland, Columbia, Rodinia, and Pangaea. Certain parts of continents are recognized as subcontinents, especially the large peninsulas separated from the main continental landmass by geographical features. The most notable examples are the Indian subcontinent and the Arabian Peninsula. The Southern Cone of South America and Alaskan peninsula of North America are other examples. In many of these cases, the "subcontinents" concerned are on different tectonic plates from the rest of the continent, providing a geological justification for the terminology. Greenland, generally reckoned as the world's largest island on the northeastern