Originally Posted by
Reviresco
Yes, it was pinned down in an annual or letters page a long time ago -- back before the ocean floor was even 'mapped,' IIRC. All the new stuff, however, not so much. The Marvel Atlas pinned it down to the North Atlantic on nearer Ireland, for some reason. Of course, that was before at least four or five destruction of Atlantis, so it's out of date.
I don't think Marvel really cares about Atlantis or world building the undersea civilizations, or about what little continuity has been established. When every air breather and his ancient grandfather can visit, spy on it, kidnap Atlanteans, etc. -- in a loin cloth, no less -- it's clearly nothing but a place to be trashed to make other characters look good. Writers seem to have zero understanding how hostile an environment the ocean is, or remember that Atlantis is one of the most advanced technological and magical civilizations on the planet. It's the only one that has actually conquered the planet, on panel. Sadly, it's been destroyed far too many times in the modern age, and what, 6 or 7 times in the last decade alone?
I think Oceanus is a colony, not Atlantis the capital city proper. Of course, one wonders what Lemuria thinks about Atlantis building two cities in the Pacific -- though one of them, New Atlantis, is now destroyed.
The Antarctic Atlantis, the one Bill Everett created and didn't consider Atlantis at all, wasn't the first historical Atlantis. It was Tha-Korr's, or his father's Atlantis, after they moved from the old site, for some reason I can't remember. The first Atlantis was built on the ruins of the pre-Catacylsym Atlantis, somewhere in the middle of the Atlantic. Of course, repeatedly retconned with more and more history to also be the site of some version of Attilan and Morgan Le Fay's Avalon. Part of the problem being, that Atlantis is name of the continent and the capital city and the empire.
And then there's Ry'leh ...