Contributed by Maine Historical Society
Description
Bill Duffy, cartographer for the International Appalachian Trail/Sentier International des Appalaches (IAT/SIA), created this map to illustrate the modern mountain ranges once part of the Central Pangean Mountains during the Carboniferous, Permian, and Triassic periods.
The map is titled "North Atlantic Appalachian Domain." The following landmasses are labeled: North America, Greenland, Europe, and Africa. The line down the center is labeled "Mid-Atlantic Ridge, 'Appalachian Rift.'"
Richard Anderson originally conceived of the IAT in 1993 as an extension of the Appalachian Trail north through Maine and Canada to the continental terminus of the mountain range in Québec. In the decades since, the trail has grown to include sections in over a dozen countries, routed along the geological remnants of the Central Pangean Mountains, including the Appalachians in North America, Europe’s Caledonian Mountains, and the Atlas Mountains in Africa. As of 2023, the IAT links 6,000 miles of trail ringing the Atlantic Ocean.
About This Item
- Title: North Atlantic Appalachian Domain map, 2007
- Creator: Bill Duffy
- Creation Date: 2007
- Subject Date: 2007
- Media: Ink on paper
- Dimensions: 11.4 cm x 16.5 cm
- Local Code: Coll. 4213, Box 14, Folder 3d
- Collection: International Appalachian Trail Records
- Object Type: Text and Image
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- Appalachian Mountains
- Hiking--Appalachian Mountains
- Maps
- Pangaea (Supercontinent)
- Trails
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