Maps of Doggerland: When Britain Was Connected to Europe

Doggerland was a vast, low-lying plain that connected Great Britain to mainland Europe during the Last Glacial Maximum (~20,000 years ago) when sea levels were ~120 m lower.

Key Features on Doggerland Maps

• River systems – Paleo-Thames, Rhine, Meuse, Scheldt converged into a large estuary.
• Lake complexes – e.g., "Outer Silver Pit" lake.
• Human habitat – Mesolithic hunter-gatherers thrived on its rich wetlands, forests, and game.

Inundation Timeline

• ~18,000–12,000 BP: Gradual sea-level rise.
• ~8,200 BP (6200 BCE): Catastrophic flooding from Storegga Slide tsunami + meltwater pulse breached the last land bridges.
• ~7,000 BP: Dogger Bank submerged; Britain becomes an island.

Where to Find Maps

• Bradford University "Europe's Lost Frontiers" project – high-res bathymetric reconstructions.
• British Geological Survey (BGS) – offshore geology maps.
• NOAA / GEBCO – global seafloor topography viewers.
• Academic papers (Gaffney et al., Coles, Weninger) – published paleogeographic maps.

Search "Doggerland map" for visualizations of this lost landscape.