Yonaguni Monument
Submerged step-like sandstone off Japan; natural vs partly man-made debate.
Dated events and their evidence
- 8,000 BCE disputed
claimed man-made stepped monoliths (Kimura); submerged as sea level rose after the Ice Age source - 8,000 BCE mainstream
mainstream geology: natural weathering of Miocene sandstone along bedding planes and joints (Schoch, Wichmann, Nunn, Ogata et al.); not recognised as a cultural artefact by Japan source
Where
24.4353° N, 123.0111° E
Sources
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