Laurentia

Summary

Laurentia is a craton^[1]. Laurentia ranks in the top 5% of craton entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (556 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Laurentia is in the country of Canada^[3].
• Laurentia is in the country of United States^[4].
• Laurentia is on the body of water Rheic Ocean^[5].
• Laurentia is on the body of water Iapetus Ocean^[6].
• Laurentia's image is recorded as North america craton nps.gif^[7].
• Laurentia's instance of is recorded as craton^[8].
• Laurentia's instance of is recorded as paleocontinent^[9].
• Laurentia's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 248281066^[10].
• Laurentia's GND ID is recorded as 4605592-7^[11].
• Laurentia's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh99011705^[12].
• Laurentia's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 144157640^[13].
• Laurentia's IdRef ID is recorded as 078599830^[14].
• Laurentia's part of is recorded as North American Plate^[15].
• Laurentia's Commons category is recorded as North American Craton^[16].
• Laurentia's has part is recorded as Canadian Shield^[17].
• Laurentia's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03gbs0^[18].
• Laurentia's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0036675^[19].
• Laurentia's FAST ID is recorded as 1715476^[20].
• Laurentia's Canadian Encyclopedia article ID is recorded as laurentia^[21].
• Laurentia's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2779124908^[22].
• Laurentia's Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija ID is recorded as laurentija^[23].
• Laurentia's National Library of Israel J9U ID is recorded as 987007553997105171^[24].
• Laurentia's Namuwiki ID is recorded as 로렌시아^[25].
• Laurentia's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C2779124908^[26].
• Laurentia's ScienceDirect topic ID is recorded as earth-and-planetary-sciences/laurentia^[27].

Body

Geography

Country listings include Canada^[3], a dominion of the British Empire^[28], in Canada^[29], founded in 1867^[30] and United States^[4], a sovereign state^[31], in United States^[32], founded in 1776^[33]. Adjacent water bodies include Rheic Ocean^[5], a historic ocean^[34] and Iapetus Ocean^[6], a historic ocean^[35]. Laurentia's part of is recorded as North American Plate^[15].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include craton^[8] and paleocontinent^[9].

Why It Matters

Laurentia ranks in the top 5% of craton entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (556 views/month).^[2] Laurentia has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[36] Laurentia is known by 16 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[37]