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has gloss | eng: Spartel Bank or Majuán Bank is a submerged former island located in the Strait of Gibraltar at 35°55 N 5°58 W near Cape Spartel, its highest point currently 56 meters below the surface. It vanished under the surface approximately 12,000 years ago due to rising ocean levels from melting ice caps after the last Glacial Maximum. It has been proposed by researchers Jacques Collina-Girard and Marc-Andrè Gutscher as a site for the legendary lost island of Atlantis. A detailed review in the Bryn Mawr Classical Review comments on the discrepancies in Collina-Girards dates and use of coincidences, concluding that he "has certainly succeeded in throwing some light upon some momentous developments in human prehistory in the area west of Gibraltar. Just as certainly, however, he has not found Platos... |
lexicalization | eng: Majuan Bank |
lexicalization | eng: Majuán Bank |
lexicalization | eng: Spartel |
instance of | c/Former islands |
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has gloss | fra: Le banc Spartel (banc Majuán, sur les cartes espagnoles) est une ancienne île immergée du détroit de Gibraltar, située à au nord du cap Spartel, sur la côte marocaine. Son point le plus élevé se trouve à sous la surface de locéan Atlantique. Lîle disparut il y a environ ans en raison de la montée du niveau des océans consécutive à la fonte des glaciers après le dernier maximum glaciaire. |
lexicalization | fra: Banc Spartel |
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has gloss | spa: Majuán y Espartel son los dos nombres que recibe una isla sumergida en el ámbito del Estrecho de Gibraltar (coordenadas 35°55 N 5°58 O), cerca del cabo Espartel, cuya máxima altitud se ubica a 56 metros bajo el nivel del mar. Fue una isla que desapareció bajo la superficie de las aguas hace unos 12.000 años, al terminar la última glaciación y subir el nivel de los océanos. |
lexicalization | spa: Banco de majuan |
lexicalization | spa: Banco de Majuán |
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geo loc | geographic location 35.916667 -5.966667 |
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