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[[File:Sunken-city-cuba-map.jpg|thumb|Cuban Underwater Formation Site <ref>[https://www.thearchaeologist.org/blog/could-the-sunken-city-of-cuba-be-atlantis]</ref> | [[File:Sunken-city-cuba-map.jpg|thumb|Cuban Underwater Formation Site <ref>[https://www.thearchaeologist.org/blog/could-the-sunken-city-of-cuba-be-atlantis]</ref>]] | ||
The Cuban underwater formation is a site thought by some to be a submerged granite structural complex off the coast of the Guanahacabibes Peninsula in the Pinar del Río Province of Cuba. | The Cuban underwater formation is a site thought by some to be a submerged granite structural complex off the coast of the Guanahacabibes Peninsula in the Pinar del Río Province of Cuba. | ||
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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
[[File:Rvw7cmqdmcl71.jpg]thumb|Sonar Image Recreation<ref>[https://www.thearchaeologist.org/blog/could-the-sunken-city-of-cuba-be-atlantis]</ref>]] | |||
Sonar images interpreted as being symmetrical and geometric stone structures resembling an urban complex were first recorded in early 2001 covering an area of 2 square kilometres (200 ha)[citation needed] at depths of between 600 metres (2,000 ft) and 750 metres (2,460 ft). The discovery was reported by Pauline Zalitzki, a marine engineer, and her husband Paul Weinzweig, owners of a Canadian company called Advanced Digital Communications, working on an exploration and survey mission in conjunction with the Cuban government. The team returned to the site a second time with an underwater remotely operated vehicle that filmed sonar images interpreted as various pyramids and circular structures made out of massive, smooth blocks of stone that resembled hewn granite. Zalitzki said "It's a really wonderful structure which really looks like it could have been a large urban centre. However, it would be totally irresponsible to say what it was before we have evidence." | Sonar images interpreted as being symmetrical and geometric stone structures resembling an urban complex were first recorded in early 2001 covering an area of 2 square kilometres (200 ha)[citation needed] at depths of between 600 metres (2,000 ft) and 750 metres (2,460 ft). The discovery was reported by Pauline Zalitzki, a marine engineer, and her husband Paul Weinzweig, owners of a Canadian company called Advanced Digital Communications, working on an exploration and survey mission in conjunction with the Cuban government. The team returned to the site a second time with an underwater remotely operated vehicle that filmed sonar images interpreted as various pyramids and circular structures made out of massive, smooth blocks of stone that resembled hewn granite. Zalitzki said "It's a really wonderful structure which really looks like it could have been a large urban centre. However, it would be totally irresponsible to say what it was before we have evidence." | ||