Mauritania's Richat Structure (Eye of the Sahara): ~40-50 km wide, located roughly 500 km from the Atlantic coast. An eroded geological dome of igneous and sedimentary rock—not a salt dome—linked by some fringe theorists to Atlantis. Romans launched military campaigns against the Garamantians to disrupt their control of trans-Saharan salt routes.
Richat Structure: proposed as ancient Atlantean dwelling
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Key facts
- The Richat Structure: (Eye of the Sahara) measures 35 kilometers (21.7 miles) wide
- The Richat Structure: is elevated at 1,312 feet and located 310 miles from the sea
- Once a salt dome, it has been considered by some as the location of Atlantis
- The Garamantians called tribes living around salt deposits 'Atlanteans' after the Atlas Mountains rather than the mythical island
- Romans destroyed the Garamantians to take direct control of the salt trade
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Richat Structureen.wikipedia.org
The Richat Structure, or Guelb er Richât often called the Eye of Africa is a prominent circular geological feature at the northwestern edge of the Taoudeni ...
The “eye of Africa” (Richat dome, Mauritania): An isolated ...sciencedirect.com
by G Matton · 2014 · Cited by 27 — The Richat dome is a spectacular circular structure located in the Mauritanian part of the Sahara Desert. The current erosion level of this igneous complex ...
What Exactly Is the Eye of the Sahara, aka the Richat ...science.howstuffworks.com
the Eye of the Sahara, or Richat Structure, resembles a giant bullseye, with the sedimentary rock formation's concentric rings and circular ...
Eyeing the Richat Structurescience.nasa.gov
But the region's most eye-catching feature when seen from above is the Richat Structure—a large geologic formation made of concentric ridges on ...
ESA - The Richat structure, Mauritaniaesa.int
The 50-km-diameter circular Richat structure is one of those geological features that are more clearly observed from space than from down on ...
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