[SunkenCiv]

That Frazer quote is also in “Noah’s Flood” — the authors of that book claim that the folklore about the flood coming *out* of the Black Sea was a consequence of the migration of some survivors of the Black Sea flood from the now-submerged basin to Samothrace. That’s a pretty weak explanation IMHO, particularly since the submerged towns could still be seen off Samothrace during antiquity. :’)

[Fred Nerks]

That jumped out at me too...first time I came across that 'explanation' -

it looks like such a small crack:

push both sides together, nice fit? Earthquake...

[Fred Nerks]

CLASTICDETRITUS:

...the Strait of Gibraltar. Oooh…looks like a nice submarine fan building out into the Atlantic right out of the strait.