Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California.
“During my training and exploratory swims in advance of the 29 km circumnavigation around Yonaguni Island in Japan in 1994, I remember seeing these massive structures under the incredibly clear waters in Okinawa,” recalls Steven Munatones.
“The structures appeared to be man-made or at least not natural because of all the right angles, sharp corners, and perpendicular walls.”
It turns out that the structure is called the Yonaguni Monument.
Marine scientists and researchers and archaeologists are starting to focus more and more on marine archaeology.
Scripps Institution of Oceanography and the Department of Anthropology at the University of California San Diego recently launched the Scripps Center for Marine Archaeology. Researchers conduct fieldwork at key underwater and coastal archaeological sites around the world, studying the interaction of marine environments and human cultures – and will undoubtedly find more and more insight into mankind’s distant past.
Top video courtesy of The History Channel‘s Ancient Aliens in an episode called Japan’s Atlantis.
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Southern California native, born 1962, is the creator of the WOWSA Awards, Oceans Seven, Openwaterpedia, Citrus Corps, World Open Water Swimming Association, Daily News of Open Water Swimming, Global Open Water Swimming Conference. He is Chief Executive Officer of KAATSU Global and KAATSU Research Institute. Inductee in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame (Honor Swimmer, Class of 2001) and Ice Swimming Hall of Fame (Honor Contributor - Media, Class of 2019), recipient of the International Swimming Hall of Fame's Poseidon Award (2016), International Swimming Hall of Fame's Irving Davids-Captain Roger Wheeler Memorial Award (2010), USA Swimming's Glen S. Hummer Award (2007, 2010) and Harvard University's John B. Imrie Award (1984). Served on the FINA Technical Open Water Swimming Committee and as Technical Delegate with the 2011 Special Olympics World Summer Games, and 9-time USA Swimming coaching staff.
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