Númenor was certainly Tolkien's Atlantis.
After its downfall it was called Atalantë (you don't even need to be a linguist to see the similarity between Atalantë and Atlantis) which is simply the Quenya word for "the downfallen".
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Like the stars chase the sun, over the glowing hill I will conquer
Blood is running deep, some things never sleep Double Fenris
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