Google Ocean: Atlantis turns out to be boat mapping lines
Last Updated on Friday, 01 May 2009 14:57 Written by InfoWeb
Keen observers had spotted what appeared to be the outline of a vast city on the floor of the Atlantic Ocean. But the criss-crossing lines, located 600 miles west of the Canary Islands, were today explained by Google as sonar data collected as boats mapped the ocean floor.
A spokeswoman said: "It's true that many amazing discoveries have been made in Google Earth including a pristine forest in Mozambique that is home to previously unknown species and the remains of an Ancient Roman villa.
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