Sri Lankan legendary sunken island of Irisiyawa found?

by Simon at 09:23 01/04/09 (Blogs::Simon)

Marine archaeologists have just discovered evidence of a large submerged landmass southeast of Sri Lanka. They believe it could be a legendary lost island closely linked to the culture and history of Sri Lankan people.

http://www.groundviews.org/2009/04/01/discovered-a-sunken-island-an-indian-ocean-atlantis/

Aside: the commentary in this article is somewhat odd, for example:

Sri Lanka with its 65,610 square kilometres is currently ranked at No 121 out of 231 countries and territories according to their land area. If the estimated landmass of submerged Irisiyawa is added, this would immediately boost Sri Lanka’s ranking to around 50, comparable to that of Thailand with 513,120 sq km.

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simon

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