Bimini Road, Underwater rock formation near North Bimini Island, Bahamas
Bimini Road is an underwater rock formation near North Bimini Island composed of rectangular limestone blocks that extend roughly 800 meters along the seafloor. The blocks follow a northeast-southwest alignment and rest in shallow water close to the coast.
Divers came across this submerged stone arrangement in September 1968 while exploring the waters around North Bimini at a depth near 5.5 meters. Since then, the site has drawn researchers and enthusiasts debating whether geology or human hands shaped the formation.
The name comes from North Bimini, and the site is tied to Edgar Cayce's 1939–1940 prediction that Atlantis remains would be found off the Bimini islands in 1968 or 1969. Divers found the stones on 2 September 1968. Some later writers link the blocks to a submerged harbour or to Chinese repair docks, while geologists read them as fractured beachrock.
The formation lies in about 5.5 metres (18 feet) of water off the northwest coast of North Bimini, so it is seen by diving or snorkelling from a boat. The three parallel stone features are unconnected at their southwest end, where scattered blocks lie between them.
Geologist Eugene Shinn of the US Geological Survey in Miami concluded the blocks are a fractured limestone layer deposited along an old shoreline, tilted by earthquakes and subsidence. Cores show the blocks formed where they now lie, with stratification of the same orientation. Similar formations in the Bahamas even trap beer and soda bottles.
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