What is Gondwanaland?
The hypothetical protocontinent of the Southern Hemisphere that, according to the theory of plate tectonics, broke up into India, Australia, Antarctica, Africa, and South America. [After Gondwana, a region of central India, from GOND.] A ‘supercontinent’ occurring as a continuous region of land formed of the now separate units of Africa, Madagascar, Antarctica, Australia, and India. see also continental drift. Meaning #1: a hypothetical continent that (according to plate tectonic theory) broke up later into India and Australia and Africa and South America and Antarctica http://www.answers.com/Gondwanaland (geology) The ancient continent that is supposed to have fragmented and drifted apart during the Triassic to form eventually the present continents. Also known as Gondwanaland. Britannica Concise Encyclopedia: Gondwana Hypothetical former supercontinent in the Southern Hemisphere, which included modern South America, Afr