# Plato's Atlantis was an island swallowed by the sea; the Richat stands about 485 m up and some 500 km inland

> Plato has Atlantis swallowed by the sea in one day and night, leaving a shoal of mud; the Richat's rim rises to about 485 m above sea level on a plateau…

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# Plato's Atlantis was an island swallowed by the sea; the Richat stands about 485 m up and some 500 km inland

Plato has Atlantis swallowed by the sea in one day and night, leaving a shoal of mud; the Richat's rim rises to about 485 m above sea level on a plateau roughly 500 km from the Atlantic coast.

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## What it bears on 1 answer

[The Richat is the ringed capital of Atlantis, a coastal city destroyed about 11,600 years ago](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/eye-of-the-sahara/answers/ANS0DCKSPWFV6KT/the-richat-is-the-ringed-capital-of-atlantis-a-coastal-city)

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Mysteries Department. (2026). Plato's Atlantis was an island swallowed by the sea; the Richat stands about 485 m up and some 500 km inland [Evidence EVD0DCKT7THMZK1]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/EVD0DCKT7THMZK1
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