Bimini Road

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Bimini Road is a submerged rock formation off the coast of Bimini in the Bahamas, famous for its unusually regular, road-like pattern that has inspired speculation about links to the lost city of Atlantis.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf submerged rock formation
tourist attraction
underwater feature
ageEstimate Holocene
surface form: Holocene epoch

several thousand years old
associatedWith Edgar Cayce prophecies
Atlantis
surface form: lost city of Atlantis
consistsOf rectangular stone blocks
submerged rock slabs
country Bahamas
depthBelowSeaSurface about 18 feet
about 5.5 meters
discoveredBy J. Manson Valentine
discoveredIn 1968
hasBlockSize blocks up to several meters across
hasCulturalImpact inspiration for pseudoscientific theories
popular subject in paranormal literature
hasDebate natural versus artificial origin
hasGeologicalComposition limestone blocks
hasNearbyFeature Bimini
surface form: Bimini reefs

North Bimini harbor
hasOrientation roughly northeast–southwest
hasPattern jigsaw-like fitted stones
regular, linear arrangement
hasShape pavement-like structure
road-like pattern
hasSurface weathered limestone
length about 0.5 miles
about 0.8 kilometers
locatedIn Atlantic Ocean
Bahamas
Bimini
mentionedIn books on underwater mysteries
documentaries about Atlantis
near Bimini
surface form: North Bimini Island
offCoastOf Bimini
partOf Bimini
surface form: Bimini Islands reef and shoal system
popularAlternativeInterpretation man-made ancient road
remnant of a lost civilization
scientificInterpretation erosional feature
natural beachrock formation
studiedBy archaeologists
marine geologists
subjectOf Atlantis speculation
tourismActivity scuba diving
snorkeling

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Bimini hasAttraction Bimini Road