Atlantis

:This article is about the mythical island. For other uses, see Atlantis (disambiguation).

Location hypotheses

:Main article: Location hypotheses of Atlantis

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Since Donnelly's day, there have been dozens — perhaps hundreds — of locations proposed for Atlantis. Some are more-or-less serious attempts at legitimate scholarly or archaeological works; others have been made by psychic or other pseudoscientific means. Many of the proposed sites share some of the characteristics of the Atlantis story (water, catastrophic end, relevant time period), but none have been proven conclusively to be the historical Atlantis. Most of the historical proposed locations are in or nearby the Mediterranean, either islands such as Sardinia, Crete and Santorini, Malta, and Ponza or as land based cities or states such as Troy, Andalucia or Tantalus (in province of Manisa, Turkey) as possible locations. Part of these hypotheses assume that the Ancient Egyptian symbol for "hundred" was mistakenly read as "thousand" (unlikely because there would be little confusion in the visual appearance of hieroglyphic symbols of Egyptian numeric values). The submerged island of Spartel near the Strait of Gibraltar is another proposed location which would coincide with some elements of Plato's account. The island of Santorini, according to geologists, experienced a massive volcanic eruption about 1640 BC, further leading some to believe that may have been the catastrophe that inspired the story.

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Psychic - Pseudoscientific - Sardinia - Crete - Santorini - Malta - Ponza - Troy - Andalucia - Manisa - Turkey - Ancient Egyptian - Hieroglyphic - Egyptian numeric values - Spartel

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Outside of the Mediterranean, locations as far as Antarctica, Indonesia and the Caribbean have been proposed as Atlantis' site. In the area of the Black Sea, three locations, Bosporus, Sinop and Ancomah, a legendary place near Trabzon. The nearby Sea of Azov was proposed as another site in 2003. Various islands or island groups in the Atlantic were also identified as possible locations notably the Azores off Portugal and several Carribbean islands. In the North Atlantic, Finland (by Finnish pseudohistorian Ior Bock) and Ireland have been proposed. Areas in the Pacific and Indian Ocean have also been proposed including Indonesia, Malaysia and stories of a lost continent off India named "Kumari Kandam" have drawn parallels to Atlantis. The Canary Islands have also been identified as a possible location, as they are west of the Pillars of Hercules, as is told in Plato's account.

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Antarctica - Indonesia - Caribbean - Black Sea - Bosporus - Sinop - Ancomah - Trabzon - Sea of Azov - 2003 - Azores - Carribbean - Finland - Ior Bock - Ireland - Malaysia - India - Kumari Kandam - Canary Islands

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