Is there a similar Mountain Range / Land Mass in South America than Table Mountain in Cape Town?
The South American ancient mountains systems/ landmass of Guiana and Brazilian Highlands can be called the counterpart of the South African Table Mountain and Cape Mountains. According to geologists, most of the natural features of South Africa were formed more than 200 million years ago. Geologists have hypothesized that South Africa was once part of a large land mass known as Gondwana, or Gondwanaland. Gondwana fractured along the African coastline millions of years ago. These theories are supported with geological continuities and mineral similarities between South Africa and the older Guiana and Brazilian Highlands located near the eastern margins of South America. There are also fossil similarities between South Africa and the Indian Ocean island of Madagascar. Eventually, more of the same ancient plants and animals were unearthed in fossil beds dispersed throughout parts of all these present day continents. More than 600 million years ago, the southern Cape was part of Gondwana a
