Atlantis — Azores–Bimini Ridge Second Terrace (Atlantic Pseudo)
Atlantis Bimini second terrace · Azores plateau terrace Atlantis · Mid-Atlantic Ridge Atlantis
Pleistocene beachrock geology misread as Bronze Age Atlantic lost continent pseudo-culture pseudo-projected Late Bronze hypothetical equivalence at 25.75N -79.26W·Natural beachrock Pleistocene tabular joints (2500 BCE intertidal) + Plato literary city projection (modern fringe)·🇧🇸 North Atlantic, Bimini Road south limestone beachrock second terrace false, Bahamas
Ignatius Donnelly; cropped by Beyond My Ken ( talk ) 22:14, 28 September 2010 (UTC) · Public domain
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About Atlantis — Azores–Bimini Ridge Second Terrace (Atlantic Pseudo)
Atlantis Azores-Bimini second terrace pseudo claims Mid-Atlantic Ridge as Plato's Atlantis with Bimini Road south beachrock 'second wall' 4 m deep as harbour wall. Bimini Road at North Bimini south beach is natural Pleistocene beachrock fracturing along joint sets, mistaken for Atlantean paved road. Second terrace off South Bimini west at –4 m is identical beachrock tabling second joint tier, claimed as Atlantis tiered harbour wall with Azores capstone provenance. No tooling, mortar or inscriptions. Geological cores show intertidal cementation 2500 BCE. Treated pseudoarchaeology — debunked by Eugene Shinn USGS 1978 and Gifford 1980.
Why it mattersArchetype beachrock Atlantis template — second terrace shows how fringe adds tiers to debunked wall; Shinn microfossil criteria remain textbook pseudohistory falsification case.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Why does road stop at paleo-beach strand not offshore?
- 02Azores capstone provenance?
Theories
- 01Beachrock joints align to paleo-strand, not cross-cut as road would
- 02Azores plateau 2100 km east, no transport path
Theories are interpretations, not findings. The seal above tells you how much scholarly weight the place carries.
History
How it came to be
- Built
- 2500 BCE beachrock lithified; 1970 Cayce prophecies relocated Atlantis to Bimini
- Period
- Pleistocene beachrock geology misread as Bronze Age Atlantic lost continent pseudo-culture pseudo-projected Late Bronze hypothetical equivalence at 25.75N -79.26W
- Culture
- Natural beachrock Pleistocene tabular joints (2500 BCE intertidal) + Plato literary city projection (modern fringe)
- Purpose
- Natural intertidal beachrock fracturing claimed as Atlantean paved road/harbour tier with Azores provenance
- Abandoned
- no abandonment — beachrock active intertidal formation
- Rediscovered
- 1970– Cayce Association Atlantis search; 1978 Shinn cores; 1980 Gifford beachrock sedimentology
- Excavation
- Submerged
2500 BCE
Intertidal beachrock lithifies at Bimini shoreline to tabular beds
1970
Cayce prophecy followers claim Bimini Road is Atlantis harbour road
1978
USGS Shinn drills cores — microfossil intertidal cementation proves 2500 BCE beachrock not masonry
On the ground
Structures & features
25.7500° N · 79.2600° W · -4 m · 3 mapped features
Bimini Road Main Pavement (550 m)
beachrockNatural beachrock pavement 550 m with joint blocks 2×3 m claimed as Atlantean road
25.7510° N · 79.2610° WSecond Terrace Beachrock Tier (–4 m)
beachrockBeachrock second tier 250 m at –4 m on cay slope — claimed as harbour wall second course
25.7490° N · 79.2590° WSouth Bimini Beach Strand Paleo-Shore
geologicalPleistocene paleo-beach ridge 2 m above road aligning to beachrock strand
25.7500° N · 79.2620° W
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