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Originally Posted by ZeniaMaps
As far as plate tectonic movements go, you can pretty much use any random shape as a continent and make up for it afterwards. If you do not count mountains and projection to a sphere, all of these maps can be plausible for sure. You can always create a lore to justify any weird looking landmass afterwards if you feel like it. By the way, I believe the program you used has programmed in a way that takes account the tectonic plate movements to a degree. They are not looking completely random, the continents look like they were seperated from a supercontinent and drifted apart, which makes them more realistic. Some of the island formations looks like volcanic islands as well.
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