Bimini Road South – South Bimini Limestone Wall Pseudo-Extension
Bimini South Road · South Bimini Atlantis extension · Bimini Road South limb
Pseudoarchaeology (1978–present)·Pseudoarchaeology (Cayce Atlantis extension)·🇧🇸 Bimini, South Bimini west shelf, Bahamas
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About Bimini Road South – South Bimini Limestone Wall Pseudo-Extension
A secondary Bimini Road claim maps a 'South Road' limestone wall 2 km south of the 700 m main J-shaped Bimini Road at North Bimini (25.765°N 79.279°W) as alleged Atlantean south jetty. The wall is Holocene beachrock jointed into rectangular blocks at –5 m, identical to main Road's tidal beachrock slabs with natural joint sets striking 60–80°, foraminifera cement crossing blocks, and subsolution notches proving intertidal formation. Shinn–Ginsburg 1980 coring and Gifford 1974 proved beachrock not construction; the South Road is a detached beachrock bar 80 m long. The pseud-extension seeks to salvage main Road debunk by moving goalpost 2 km south.
Why it mattersDuplicate-entity fallacy example; debunk shows South Road shares beachrock geology, cross-cutting cement, and tidal notch with main Road.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Why joint orientation matches main Road if walls built
Theories
- 01Natural Pleistocene dune calcarenite fractured by Holocene intertidal cement creates pseudo walls at will
Theories are interpretations, not findings. The seal above tells you how much scholarly weight the place carries.
History
How it came to be
- Built
- 1978 (Valentine–Ashe second bar claimed)
- Period
- Pseudoarchaeology (1978–present)
- Culture
- Pseudoarchaeology (Cayce Atlantis extension)
- Purpose
- Pseudo – duplicate beachrock jetty 2 km south to rescue main Road Atlantis
- Abandoned
- —
- Rediscovered
- —
- Excavation
- Not applicable
1968
Valentine maps main 700 m Bimini Road beachrock
1978
Valentine claims second wall 2 km south as south jetty
1980
Shinn cores: both are Holocene beachrock with beach foraminifera
On the ground
Structures & features
25.6830° N · 79.3000° W · -5 m · 3 mapped features
South Bimini Road Bar
harbour80 m beachrock bar at 25.683°N -79.3°E – pseudo harbour wall at Bimini Road South – South Bimini Limestone Wall Pseudo-Extension
25.6830° N · 79.3000° WJoint Plane
harbour60–80° joint plane – beachrock fracture controlling pseudo blocks at Bimini Road South – South Bimini Limestone Wall Pseudo-Extension
25.6835° N · 79.3005° WMain Road Comparison
harbour700 m Bimini Road main bar at 25.765°N -79.279°E – source beachrock at Bimini Road South – South Bimini Limestone Wall Pseudo-Extension
25.7650° N · 79.2790° W
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