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Yonaguni Natural Formation Explanation

The position, held by most geologists including Robert Schoch, that the Yonaguni Monument's terraces and angled edges are the product of ordinary sandstone fracturing along natural bedding planes.

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  • Robert Schoch

    Yonaguni Natural Formation Explanation was popularised by Robert Schoch.

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  • Yonaguni Monument

    Yonaguni Natural Formation Explanation attempts to explain Yonaguni Monument.

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What Is the Yonaguni Monument?

What the Yonaguni Monument is: Japan's submerged rock formation, the man-made monument theory, and why most geologists say it's entirely natural.