From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Khanty Ocean
Khanty Ocean
Khanty Ocean was an ancient, small ocean that existed between Siberia and Baltica. Khanty’s sister ocean, Iape-
near the end of the Precambrian time to the Silurian. tus Ocean also formed, between Laurentia and Baltica.
It was between Baltica and the Siberian continent, with The ocean closed when an island arc called the Sakmar-
the bordering oceans of Panthalassa to the north, Proto- ian Arc collided with Baltica. At the northeastern end of
Tethys to the northeast, and Paleo-Tethys to the south the arc was a new ocean, the Ural Ocean.
and east. The ocean formed when a minor superconti-
nent of Proto-Laurasia (shortly after the break-up of Pan-
notia, about 600 mya) rifted and created three separated
See also
continents - Laurentia, Baltica, and Siberia, the ocean was • Rheic Ocean
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Categories:
• Historical oceans
• Proterozoic
• Cambrian
• Ordovician
• Silurian
• Natural history of Asia
• Natural history of Europe
• Palaeogeography stubs
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