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The '''Bimini Road''' is an underwater rock formation near North [[Bimini]] island in the [[Bahamas]]. The Road consists of approximately one half-mile of [[limestone]] blocks, lying in a semi-rectangular pattern, with the blocks themselves appearing to be roughly rectangular in shape. |
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===October 12, 2008=== |
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==Discovery== |
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On 2 September 1969,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.atlantisquest.com/Bahama.html|title=Bahama Island Underwater Ruins|publisher=Atlantek Software Inc.|author=R. Cedric Leonard|date=[[2008]]|accessdate=2008-05-01}}</ref> while diving in three [[fathom]]s of water off the northwest coast of North Bimini [[island]], Dr. J. Manson Valentine, Honorary Curator at the [[Miami Science Museum]], encountered "an extensive [[pavement]] of rectangular and [[polygonal]] flat stones of varying size and thickness."<ref name="Valentine, 1969" >{{cite journal |
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* '''[[Iranian Australian]] reassessed from Unassessed-Class (Mid-Class) to Start-Class (Mid-Class)''' |
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|title=Archaeological Enigmas of Florida and the Western Bahamas |
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===October 8, 2008=== |
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|journal=Muse News |
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* '''[[Hispanic Australian]] reassessed from Unassessed-Class (No-Class) to Stub-Class (No-Class)''' |
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|publisher=[[Miami Science Museum]] |
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The edges of the stone blocks had been rounded off by long years of water [[erosion]], so that the stones resembled giant loaves of bread. Most were rectangular, but some stones approached a perfect square. Many were 10 to 15 feet in length, while others were much smaller. Where [[sand]] had washed away between the seams, another deeper layer of blocks was visible. |
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===September 28, 2008=== |
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Valentine found the stones to be composed of native [[oolite|oolitic]] limestone, typical of Bahama [[reef]] or [[beachrock]]. The general direction of the feature is northeast-southwest, lying roughly parallel to the island [[coast]], and extended for approximately one-third of a mile. |
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===September 25, 2008=== |
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==Geological explanations== |
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[[Geologist]] Eugene Shinn, while still an employee of the [[United States Geological Survey|U.S. Geological Survey]] in Miami did his own analysis of the rocks and concluded that they are "beach rock", a form of limestone that forms along the tidal areas of the shoreline.<ref name="Shinn, 2004" >{{cite web |
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* [[Australian Nepali]] ([[Talk:Australian Nepali|talk]]) Stub-Class (No-Class) added. |
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|url=http://www.csicop.org/si/2004-01/geologists-adventures.html |
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* [[Jamaican Australian]] ([[Talk:Jamaican Australian|talk]]) Stub-Class (No-Class) added. |
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|author=Shinn, Eugene |
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===September 17, 2008=== |
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|date=2004 |
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* '''[[Australian American]] reassessed from Unassessed-Class (Mid-Class) to Start-Class (Mid-Class)''' |
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|title=Exploration and analysis of the road |
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===September 16, 2008=== |
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|publisher=[[Committee for Skeptical Inquiry]] |
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* '''[[Anglo]] reassessed from Unassessed-Class (No-Class) to Start-Class (No-Class)''' |
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}}</ref> He asserts: |
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===September 14, 2008=== |
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* The geometry of the formation conforms to older shorelines of the island. |
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* '''[[Anglo-Celtic Australian]] reassessed from Unassessed-Class (No-Class) to Start-Class (No-Class)''' |
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* Core samples taken from several rocks reveal that they formed in place because layers of stratification have identical orientation |
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===September 9, 2008=== |
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* Similar formations are found throughout the Bahamas |
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* '''[[Russian Australian]] ([[Talk:Russian Australian|talk]]) Start-Class (Mid-Class) renamed to [[Russian Australians]]''' |
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* The age of the rocks is 2,000 to 4,000 years old <ref name="Nature, 1980" >{{cite journal |
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===September 4, 2008=== |
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|title=Bahamian Atlantis reconsidered |
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* '''[[Colombian Australian]] reassessed from Unassessed-Class (No-Class) to Start-Class (No-Class)''' |
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|journal=Nature|volume=|issue=287|pages=11–12|accessdate= 2007-07-28 |
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===September 1, 2008=== |
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===August 31, 2008=== |
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Another explanation is that the "road" is an example of [[tessellated pavement]], a natural phenomenon. [[Concretion]]s of shell and sand form hard sedimentary rock which over time fractures in straight lines and then at ninety degree angles. They are quite common and a popular tourist attraction on the island of [[Tasmania]];<ref name="Walkabout" >{{cite web |
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===August 30, 2008=== |
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|url=http://walkabout.com.au/locations/TASEaglehawkNeck.shtml |
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|publisher=[http://walkabout.com.au Walkabout Australia] |
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===August 29, 2008=== |
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}}</ref> some also can be seen on the coast of [[Venezuela]].<ref name="BC Skeptics, 2008" >{{cite web |
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===August 27, 2008=== |
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* [[South Sea Islander]] ([[Talk:South Sea Islander|talk]]) Start-Class (No-Class) added. |
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|url=http://www.bcskeptics.info/resources/skeptopaedia/index.cgi?key=bimini%20road.html |
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===August 26, 2008=== |
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|publisher=[http://www.bcskeptics.info BC Skeptics] |
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* '''[[Post war immigration to Australia]] reassessed from Stub-Class (High-Class) to C-Class (High-Class)''' |
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===August 21, 2008=== |
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In 1971 [[Jacques-Yves Cousteau]] investigated the [[Great Blue Hole]] off [[Belize]] and also a similar cave system off [[Andros Island]], near [[Bimini]]. <ref name="Cousteau, 1973" >{{cite book |
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===August 16, 2008=== |
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|title=Galapagos - Titicaca - The Blue Holes |
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* [[Islam in Australia]] ([[Talk:Islam in Australia|talk]]) B-Class (Top-Class) added. |
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|date=1973 |
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* [[Religion in Australia]] ([[Talk:Religion in Australia|talk]]) B-Class (Top-Class) added. |
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|author=[[Jacques-Yves Cousteau]] |
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* [[Buddhism in Australia]] ([[Talk:Buddhism in Australia|talk]]) Start-Class (Top-Class) added. |
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|publisher=Cassell |
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* [[Christianity in Australia]] ([[Talk:Christianity in Australia|talk]]) Start-Class (Top-Class) added. |
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|location=London |
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* [[Irreligion in Australia]] ([[Talk:Irreligion in Australia|talk]]) Start-Class (Top-Class) added. |
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}}</ref> Both of these revealed classic [[Karst]] limestone cave systems, formed before rises in sea level of at least 400 feet. Although Cousteau did not investigate the Bimini Road itself, these observations support the possibility that the Road may be another example of submerged [[limestone pavement]]. Note that although similar in composition, the limestones studied by Cousteau were far older than the beachrock reported by Shinn.<ref name="Shinn, 2004" /> His son, Philippe, did investigate the Bimini Road and questioned whether notions of this being a man made structure were contrived.{{Fact|date=May 2008}} |
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== Claims of a human origin == |
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Although it is generally considered to be a naturally occurring [[geological]] feature, as a result of the unusual arrangement and shape of the stones, some believe the formation is an ancient road, wall or the remains of some other deliberately constructed structure.<ref name="Little, 2007" /> |
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* '''[[Kosovar Australian]] reassessed from Unassessed-Class (Low-Class) to Start-Class (Low-Class)''' |
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* [[Demographics of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands]] ([[Talk:Demographics of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands|talk]]) Stub-Class (No-Class) added. |
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An article written for a popular magazine by [[Robert F. Marx]], a marine [[archeologist]] who dove on the site, announced that Dr. Carl Holm, head geologist for North American Rockwell, stated that there was "little doubt" that the massive stone blocks were cut by people.<ref name="Marx, 1969" >{{cite journal |
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===August 8, 2008=== |
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|author=Marx, Robert F., & Rebikoff, Dimitri |
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* '''[[Latin American Australian]] reassessed from Unassessed-Class (No-Class) to Start-Class (No-Class)''' |
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|title=Atlantis at Last? |
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* [[SEIFA]] ([[Talk:SEIFA|talk]]) Stub-Class (Mid-Class) added. |
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|journal=[[Argosy (magazine)|Argosy]] |
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===August 5, 2008=== |
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|volume=Vol. 369 |
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* '''[[Assyrian Australian]] ([[Talk:Assyrian Australian|talk]]) Stub-Class (Mid-Class) renamed to [[Assyrians and Syriacs in Australia]]''' |
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|issue=No. 6 |
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===August 4, 2008=== |
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|date=December 1969}}</ref> |
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* [[French Australian]] ([[Talk:French Australian|talk]]) Stub-Class (No-Class) added. |
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===July 31, 2008=== |
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Others who consider the Bimini undersea formation to be man-made, as opposed to natural beachrock, are Dr. J. Manson Valentine, zoologist,<ref>Valentine, J. Manson, “Archaeological Enigmas of Florida and the Western Bahamas,” ''Muse News'', Vol. 1, No. 2, June 1969.</ref> Charles Berlitz, linguist,<ref>Berlitz, Charles, “Atlantis: the Eighth Continent,” G. P. Putnam’s Sons, New York, 1984.</ref> Dr. Gregory Little, phychologist,<ref>Little Greg, "Are's Search for Atlantis," (DVD) ATA Productions, 4004.</ref> Dr. R. Cedric Leonard, anthropologist.<ref>Leonard, R. Cedric, “Quest for Atlantis,” Manor Books, New York, 1979.</ref> Robert Marx, underwater archaeologist,<ref>Marx, Robert, “Atlantis: the legend is becoming fact," ''Argosy'' magazine, Vol. 373, No. 5, November 1971., </ref> and Prof. Dimitri Rebikoff, underwater archaeologist. <ref>Rebikoff, Dimitri, “Precision Underwater Photomosaic Techniques for Archaeological Mapping; Interim Experiment on the Bimini ‘Cyclopean’ Complex,” ''International Journal of Nautical Archaeology and Underwater Exploration'', Vol. 1, 1972, pp. 184-186.</ref> All have investigated the ruins in person, and claim to have observed more than one horizontal layer of blocks, at least in places. |
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* [[Puerto Rican Australians]] ([[Talk:Puerto Rican Australians|talk]]) Unassessed-Class (No-Class) added. |
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* '''[[Croatian Australian]] reassessed from Unassessed-Class (High-Class) to C-Class (High-Class)''' |
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[[Sci Fi Channel|Sci-Fi]]’s “Quest for [[Atlantis]]: Startling New Secrets”<ref name="Scifi Channel, 2006" >{{cite journal<!-- Know a better one? --> |
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===July 27, 2008=== |
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|title=Quest for Atlantis: Startling New Secrets |
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* '''[[Polish Australian]] reassessed from Unassessed-Class (High-Class) to Start-Class (High-Class)''' |
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|journal=[[Sci Fi Channel]] |
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* [[Demographics of Australia]] reassessed from Start-Class (Top-Class) to C-Class (Top-Class) |
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* '''[[Armenian Australian]] reassessed from Unassessed-Class (No-Class) to Start-Class (No-Class)''' |
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}}</ref> followed several different groups researching possible locations for the legendary Atlantis, one of which focused on the Bimini Road. Dr. Greg Little led a team of researchers on a dive to recover objects at Bimini Bay. Little and his team made a discovery: an entire second layer of square-cut rocks with similar dimensions beneath the stones of the Bimini Road.<ref name="Little, 2007" >{{cite web |
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===July 26, 2008=== |
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|author=Dr. Greg Little |
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|date=2007 |
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===July 25, 2008=== |
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|url=http://www.mysterious-america.net/bimini2007.html |
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* [[Demographics of Sydney]] ([[Talk:Demographics of Sydney|talk]]) Start-Class (No-Class) added. |
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|title=Bimini |
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===July 24, 2008=== |
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|publisher=[http://www.mysterious-america.net Mysterious America .net] |
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}}</ref> Dr. Little believes that his discovery suggests the Bimini Road may actually be one part of an entire wall or water [[dock]]. He has also published a critique<ref name="Little, 2004" >{{cite web |
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===July 21, 2008=== |
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|author=Dr. Greg Little |
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* '''[[Post war migrant arrivals, Australia]] ([[Talk:Post war migrant arrivals, Australia|talk]]) Stub-Class (High-Class) renamed to [[Post war immigration to Australia]]''' |
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* [[Convicts in Australia]] ([[Talk:Convicts in Australia|talk]]) C-Class (High-Class) added. |
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|url=http://www.mysterious-america.net/biminibeachrock.html |
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|title=More Adventures With Bimini Beachrock: Remarkable Blunders in a Purported Scholarly Report Debunking the Bimini Stones |
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|publisher=[http://www.mysterious-america.net Mysterious America .net] |
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}}</ref> of Shinn's report <ref name="Shinn, 2004" />. The Bimini Road was also discussed in season 1, episode 10 of the TV series [[In Search of...|In Search Of]]. |
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==References== |
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==Further reading== |
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* {{cite journal |
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|last= Harrison|first= W. |
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|year=1971 |
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|title=Atlantis undiscovered: Bimini, Bahamas |
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|journal=Nature|volume=230|issue=|pages=287–289 |
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|accessdate= 2007-07-28 |
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|doi=10.1038/230287a0 |
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}} |
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* {{cite journal |
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|author=Gifford, J.A. and Ball, M.M. |
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|date=1980 |
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|title=Investigation of submerged beachrock deposits off Bimini |
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|journal=National Geographic Society Research Reports |
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|issue=12 |
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|pages=pp. 21–38 |
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}} |
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==External links== |
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* [http://www.altarcheologie.nl/index.html?underwater_ruins/bimini/gallery.htm Photographs] on altarcheologie.nl |
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* {{cite web |
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|url=http://www.edgarcayce.org/am/biminiandrosvide.html |
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|title=Video Clips of The Bimini Road and Andros Platform: Manmade or Natural Formations? |
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|format=video |
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|publisher=[http://www.edgarcayce.org/ Edgar Cayce .org] |
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}} |
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==See also== |
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* [[1421 hypothesis]] |
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* [[Atlantis]] |
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* [[Bermuda Triangle]] |
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* [[Great Blue Hole]] |
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* [[Yonaguni]] |
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[[Category:Archaeology]] |
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[[Category:Atlantis]] |
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[[Category:Underwater archaeology]] |
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[[Category:Mysteries]] |
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[[fr:Route de Bimini]] |
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October 8, 2008
- Hispanic Australian reassessed from Unassessed-Class (No-Class) to Stub-Class (No-Class)
October 5, 2008
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September 25, 2008
- Indigenous Australians reassessed from B-Class (Top-Class) to C-Class (Top-Class)
- Australian Nepali (talk) Stub-Class (No-Class) added.
- Jamaican Australian (talk) Stub-Class (No-Class) added.
September 17, 2008
- Australian American reassessed from Unassessed-Class (Mid-Class) to Start-Class (Mid-Class)
September 16, 2008
- Anglo reassessed from Unassessed-Class (No-Class) to Start-Class (No-Class)
September 14, 2008
- Anglo-Celtic Australian reassessed from Unassessed-Class (No-Class) to Start-Class (No-Class)
September 9, 2008
- Russian Australian (talk) Start-Class (Mid-Class) renamed to Russian Australians
- Birth rate and fertility rate in Australia (talk) Start-Class (No-Class) added.
September 4, 2008
- Colombian Australian reassessed from Unassessed-Class (No-Class) to Start-Class (No-Class)
September 1, 2008
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August 30, 2008
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August 27, 2008
- South Sea Islander (talk) Start-Class (No-Class) added.
August 26, 2008
- Post war immigration to Australia reassessed from Stub-Class (High-Class) to C-Class (High-Class)
August 21, 2008
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August 16, 2008
- Islam in Australia (talk) B-Class (Top-Class) added.
- Religion in Australia (talk) B-Class (Top-Class) added.
- Buddhism in Australia (talk) Start-Class (Top-Class) added.
- Christianity in Australia (talk) Start-Class (Top-Class) added.
- Irreligion in Australia (talk) Start-Class (Top-Class) added.
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August 12, 2008
- Kosovar Australian reassessed from Unassessed-Class (Low-Class) to Start-Class (Low-Class)
- Demographics of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands (talk) Stub-Class (No-Class) added.
August 8, 2008
- Latin American Australian reassessed from Unassessed-Class (No-Class) to Start-Class (No-Class)
- SEIFA (talk) Stub-Class (Mid-Class) added.
August 5, 2008
- Assyrian Australian (talk) Stub-Class (Mid-Class) renamed to Assyrians and Syriacs in Australia
August 4, 2008
- French Australian (talk) Stub-Class (No-Class) added.
July 31, 2008
- Puerto Rican Australians (talk) Unassessed-Class (No-Class) added.
July 28, 2008
- Croatian Australian reassessed from Unassessed-Class (High-Class) to C-Class (High-Class)
July 27, 2008
- Polish Australian reassessed from Unassessed-Class (High-Class) to Start-Class (High-Class)
- Demographics of Australia reassessed from Start-Class (Top-Class) to C-Class (Top-Class)
- Armenian Australian reassessed from Unassessed-Class (No-Class) to Start-Class (No-Class)
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