UPDATE: Google says the lines in the ocean were created by its own boats while they were collecting the photographic data. Bummer.
Just southwest of Spain and west of Morocco.
They found something. And it's very strange. And the cool part? They found it using a new feature on Google, where you can scan pictures of the ocean floor.
The network of criss-cross lines is 620 miles off the coast of north west Africa near the Canary Islands on the floor of the Atlantic Ocean.Hat tip to reader Jonathan for sending us this. Very cool.
The perfect rectangle – which is around the size of Wales – was noticed on the search giant's underwater exploration tool by an aeronautical engineer who claims it looks like an "aerial map" of a city.
The underwater image can be found at the co-ordinates 31 15'15.53N 24 15'30.53W.
Last night Atlantis experts said that the unexplained grid is located at one of the possible sites of the legendary island, which was described by the ancient Greek philosopher Plato.
According to his account, the city sank beneath the ocean after its residents made a failed effort to conquer Athens around 9000 BC.
