The island continent that existed where the Atlantic Ocean now is and that sank in cataclysm (The Flood of Noah) approximately 11,600 years ago as calculated by James Churchward. Vividly depicted by Plato; "seen" and described by Edgar Cayce in his readings; recalled in scenes from Taylor Caldwell’s Romance of Atlantis. It is postulated that Atlantis and the small islands to its east and west formed a continuous bridge of land from America to Europe and Africa.