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Alfred Wegener named his single land mass the Urkontinent or Pangaa. This has passed into general use as Pangaea.

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What was the German scientist name that came up with the super continent theority?

Alfred Wegener was the German scientist who proposed the theory of the supercontinent known as Pangaea.


Who discovered the super continent?

Supercontinent was first proposed in 1912 by the German meteorologist Alfred Wegener as a part of his theory of continental drift.


What is Alfred Wegener's full name?

Alfred Wegener's full name is "Alfred Lothar Wegener", and he is a German scientist who came up with the theory of Continental Drift.


Who was Alfred Wegener What did he do?

Alfred Wegener studied volcanoes. He was a German scientist who proposed the idea of the continental drift.


Where was wegener born?

Alfred Wegener was born in Berlin during the time of the German Empire.


Are there any places named after Alfred wegener?

Yes, there is an Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research in Germany. It is named after the German meteorologist and geophysicist Alfred Wegener, who proposed the theory of continental drift.


Who discovered the existence of the super continent Pangaea?

The existence of the supercontinent Pangaea was first proposed by Alfred Wegener, a German meteorologist and geophysicist, in 1912. Wegener's theory of continental drift suggested that the continents were once joined together in a single landmass before drifting apart over millions of years.


What the name of the German scientist who proposed continetal drift?

Alfred wegener


Name of the scientist that came up with the continental drift hypothesis?

Did you mean Plate Tectonics Theory? - Plate Tectonics Theory is the combination of Continental Drift and Ocean/Sea Floor Spreading. BTW. The scientist who started it is Howard Baker continued by Alfred Wegener.


German scientist Alfred Wegener is best known for what hypothesis?

continental drift


Was Alfred Wegener blind?

No he was not. If he was how could he have predicted that the continents were once together


Who was the German scientist who hypothesized that the continents were slowly drifting around the Earth?

alfred wegener

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