Indonesia in recent years have seen an increasing number of supporters for the idea of Atlantis being located in the vicinity of today’s archipelago, prior to the ending of the last Ice Age, on the submerged continental shelf now frequently referred to as Sundaland.

William Lauritzen was probably the first to advocate this idea on his website, but it seems that the concept was given a huge boost by the publication of the late professor Arysio Nunes dos Santos’ book Atlantis: The Lost Continent Finally Found^[320].

The idea was given a boost in February 2012 when it was reported^(a) by a somewhat incredulous Jakarta Post that the Indonesian president had given his support to a search for an ancient sunken civilisation in Indonesian waters following meetings with researchers including British author Stephen Oppenheimer.

^(a) http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2012/02/03/president-s-men-quest-find-atlantis.html

Also See: Zia Abbas, Sunil Prasannan and Panji R. Hadinoto