article_snippet: Michael Hubner used clues given in Plato's descriptions to calculate coordinates of Atlantis Atlantis .
article_snippet: A German computer expert formed Michael Hubner theory using mathematics to calculate the precise GPS coordinates of Atlantis.
article_snippet: Michael Hubner meticulously gathered every detail Michael Hubner could from Plato's 'Timaeus' and 'Critias' which describes Atlantis in detail and gives in total 51 clues about Atlantis.
article_snippet: total 51 clues about the mysterious city include that Atlantis was near the sea and had a ring-like structure surrounding the sea centre.
article_snippet: Crucially, the sea was also said to be 3,100 miles from Athens.
article_snippet: The site pinpointed by Hubner had many of the 51 clues, including being surrounded by concentric circles .
article_snippet: The site pinpointed by Hubner was in a desert basin just seven miles from the sea and in the centre was a small mound, similar to the raised area at the heart of the ancient city described by Plato.
article_snippet: Surrounding the ancient city described by Plato were circular dry riverbeds, matching Plato's description of the ancient city described by Plato being surrounded by concentric circles, which alternated between land and sea.
article_snippet: Mark Adams' wrote: 'The measurements for the diameter of Mark Adams' outermost ring and distance of Mark Adams' capital from the Atlantic Ocean varied by only about 10 percent from Plato's numbers.'
highlights_snippet: Michael Hubner used 'clues' given in Plato's description of Atlantis to pinpoint site .
  
highlights_snippet: Identified 51 details and used 51 details to calculate coordinates of Atlantis .
  
highlights_snippet: Clues were that Atlantis surrounded by circles and 3,100 miles from Athens .