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Ampère Seamount is a seamount in the Atlantic Ocean, 410 km (250 mi) south-west of Portugal and 470 km (290 mi) west of Morocco.

It is located at 35°02'N and 12°54'W. This seamount is about 90 x 40 km, its base is at a depth of approximately 4,500 m (14,800 ft). The summit topography is rather disturbed with a summit plateau that is 6 by 3 km (3.7 by 1.9 mi) at a depth of 120 m (390 ft) and a peak reaching up to 55 m (180 ft) below the water surface.

In March 1974, Soviet research ship Academician Petrovsky underwent an expedition to explore the Ampere and Josephine seamounts. Underwater photographs taken during this expedition revealed a stone wall which included cut stone blocks scattered on both sides, Also what appear to be artificial steps partially covered with lava were photographed on the flat summit of the Ampere Seamount. This was the grounds for speculations that it may have been the location of the legendary Atlantis.^[1]^[2]^[3]

References

^ Finding Atlantis: Underwater Anomalies
^ "Soviet Scientist Says Ocean Site May Be Atlantis (Published 1979)". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2022-12-05.
^ Atlantis - Gone, But Not Forgotten

35°02′N 12°54′W / 35.033°N 12.900°W / 35.033; -12.900

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[1] Finding Atlantis: Underwater Anomalies

[2] "Soviet Scientist Says Ocean Site May Be Atlantis (Published 1979)". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2022-12-05.

[3] Atlantis - Gone, But Not Forgotten

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 '''Ampère Seamount''' is a [[seamount]] in the Atlantic Ocean, {{convert|410|km|mi|abbr=on}} south-west of Portugal and {{convert|470|km|mi|abbr=on}} west of Morocco.
-It is located  at 35°02'N and 12°54'W. This [[seamount]] is about 90 x 40 km, its base is at a depth of approximately {{convert|4500|m|ft|abbr=on}}. The summit topography is rather disturbed with a summit plateau that is {{convert|6|by|3|km|mi|abbr=on}} at a depth of {{convert|120|m|ft|abbr=on}} and a peak reaching up to {{convert|55|m|ft|abbr=on}} below the water surface.
+It is located  at 35°02'N and 12°54'W. This [[seamount]] is about 90 x 40&nbsp;km, its base is at a depth of approximately {{convert|4500|m|ft|abbr=on}}. The summit topography is rather disturbed with a summit plateau that is {{convert|6|by|3|km|mi|abbr=on}} at a depth of {{convert|120|m|ft|abbr=on}} and a peak reaching up to {{convert|55|m|ft|abbr=on}} below the water surface.
-In March 1974, [[USSR|Soviet]] research ship ''[[Academician Petrovsky]]'' underwent an expedition to explore the Ampere and Josephine seamounts. Underwater photographs taken during this expedition revealed a stone wall which included cut stone blocks scattered on both sides, Also what appear to be artificial steps partially covered with [[lava]] were photographed on the flat summit of the Ampere Seamount. This was the grounds for speculations that it may have been the location of the legendary [[Atlantis]].<ref>[https://www.jp-robinson.com/single-post/finding-atlantis-underwater-anomalies Finding Atlantis: Underwater Anomalies]</ref><ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1979/05/21/archives/soviet-scientist-says-ocean-site-may-be-atlantis-an-offer-of.html Soviet Scientist Says Ocean Site May Be Atlantis]</ref><ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1979/10/21/atlantis-gone-but-not-forgotten/79c200c3-7ae3-44a3-b9c2-73ac97fdd1ff/ Atlantis - Gone, But Not Forgotten]</ref>
+In March 1974, [[USSR|Soviet]] research ship ''Academician Petrovsky'' underwent an expedition to explore the Ampere and Josephine seamounts. Underwater photographs taken during this expedition revealed a stone wall which included cut stone blocks scattered on both sides, Also what appear to be artificial steps partially covered with [[lava]] were photographed on the flat summit of the Ampere Seamount. This was the grounds for speculations that it may have been the location of the legendary [[Atlantis]].<ref>[https://www.jp-robinson.com/single-post/finding-atlantis-underwater-anomalies Finding Atlantis: Underwater Anomalies]</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Soviet Scientist Says Ocean Site May Be Atlantis (Published 1979) |website=[[The New York Times]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221205123630/https://www.nytimes.com/1979/05/21/archives/soviet-scientist-says-ocean-site-may-be-atlantis-an-offer-of.html |archive-date=2022-12-05 |url-status=live |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1979/05/21/archives/soviet-scientist-says-ocean-site-may-be-atlantis-an-offer-of.html}}</ref><ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1979/10/21/atlantis-gone-but-not-forgotten/79c200c3-7ae3-44a3-b9c2-73ac97fdd1ff/ Atlantis - Gone, But Not Forgotten]</ref>
 == References ==
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 * [https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.341125 Hatzky, Jörn (2005), PANGAEA: Physiography of the Ampère Seamount in the Horseshoe Seamount chain off Gibraltar. Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven]
 * [http://www.marineregions.org/gazetteer.php?p=details&id=4607 Marine Regions · Ampère Seamount ]
 * [https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10152-014-0413-4 Published: 02 October 2014 The fish fauna of Ampère Seamount (NE Atlantic) and the adjacent abyssal plain Bernd Christiansen, Rui P. Vieira, Sabine Christiansen, Anneke Denda, Frederico Oliveira & Jorge M. S. Gonçalves  Helgoland Marine Research ]
 * [https://earthref.org/cgi-bin/sc-s2-list.cgi?database_name=sc&search_start=main&selected_smnt_id=547 Seamount Information: Ampere Seamount]
 * [https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/37314/7/OASIS_BIAS.pdf Biodiversity Inventorial Atlas of macrobenthic seamount  animals,  Friedrich-Alexander Universität Erlangen Nürnberg]
 * [http://ricerca.ismar.cnr.it/CRUISE_REPORTS/2005/URANIA_HORSESHOE_05_REP/node22.html  Ampere Seamount seafloor sampling]