Origin

Langkawi islands were once joined with other continents and sub-continents such as Australia, India, Africa and Antartica, in a super-continent called Gondwana Land during the late Carboniferous to early Permian time (about 280-300 million years ago).

Langkawi, parts of Sumatra, Thailand, Burma and a small part of southern China, were part of the Gondwana super-continent that included Antarctica, South America, Africa, Madagascar, Australia-New Guinea, New Zealand, Arabia and India.