This question has arisen concerning the Name
"Eye of Sahara" for the Richat Structure at:
[en.wikipedia.org];

The beginning of that section states:

" "Eye of the Sahara"
This name was inserted in Wikipedia in May 2011.
Almost all mentions of the name are journalistic, and
are of later date. This is what journalists do, they look
at Wikipedia, see "also known as Eye of the Sahara",
and duly report "also known as Eye of the Sahara".
There is actual published use of "Eye of Africa", in the
doctoral thesis of 2008, but apparently not before.
The author in his introduction states:

Mauritania hosts the Guelb er Richat, a fascinating
circular structure also called the "eye of Africa"."

The question that I have is the name "Eye of Sahara" for the Richat
Structure an example of accidential circular sourcing?

Yours,

Paul H.

"The past is never dead. It's not even past."
William Faulkner, Act 1, Scene III, Requiem for a Nun (1951)