The 'Lost' Island That Maps Made Up

ABC News via Yahoo ^ | 11/23/12 | DRAGANA JOVANOVIC

[Kartographer]

Sandy Island was nowhere to be found when Australian scientists reached the South Pacific location where it appeared on Google Earth, nautical charts and world maps. "It raises all kinds of conspiracy theories," expedition member Steven Micklethwaite said, adding that the CIA is among the sources of the world coastline database. "It reminded me of the hypernatural island in the "Lost" TV series." The phantom Manhattan-size island in the Coral Sea was shown as Sandy Island on Google Earth, sized about 15 miles by three miles on Google Maps, and halfway between Australia and the French New Caledonia.

[Cvengr]

photos of Snowy Forest and Foggy Forest on Sandy Island on Google Earth

[JoeProBono]

[willgolfforfood]

Now I would say that is pushing the envelope a little.

[Yo-Yo]

Google Maps coordinates (in decimal, not DD.MM.SS) are -19.213264,159.932785. (Negative latitude indicates south of the equator.)

With a latatude of (positive) 4.815, your coordinates aren’t even south of the equator.

[bgill]

Wow, that’s a huge black whole in the Earth. Maybe we can ship all the libs and RINOs there.

[PapaBear3625]

Maybe that island was added by map-makers as copy-protection. You add a fake island, and if anyone else has that island on their map then you sue them.

That's exactly why it's there. Reference books and encyclopedias have entries on imaginary people and places for the same reason.

[SunkenCiv]

If anyone dies trying to make landfall on that island, there will be no lawsuit unless the dead guy leaves a diary stating that intention and the whole works is found later. :’)

[KC_Lion]

That is not what Jacob told me.

[molson209]

call that congress man ,you know the one and the sinking islands or maybe it’s global warming and ocean is only rising around that island LOL

[Cvengr]

Also known as the Ile de Sable.

[Yaelle]

Dang. I just booked a non refundable trip there.

[Cvengr]

The article reports the island location is now deep ocean, as in 4,620 ft deep.

Maybe this explains why Hillary went to the Cook Islands in the middle of the DNC. New Zealand volcano on the verge of a major eruption????

[libertarian27]

...zoom in and you will notice that the “island” appears to be covered in black pixels as if it is redacted.

THey should re-name it "Sharpie Island"

[meatloaf]

It probably tipped over and sank.

[Cvengr]

Google earth shows it blacked out, but it’s elevation as -2ft surrounded by 6000ft deep ocean rising up the the Isle de Sable (-2 ft deep).

[Disambiguator]

It’s the island that Capt. Haddock knows is not real, and is therefore the clue he needs to find Red Rackham’s Treasure.

[Cvengr]

GADZOOKS!!! Almost exactly between the Haitian epicenter and a recent earthquake swarm off of Puerto Rico along the southern boundary of the BERMUDA TRIANGLE!!!, which just happens to be on the exact opposite side of the planet longitudinally and mirrored from the equator latitudinally.

Where has Mystery Island gone????

[Doomonyou]

Castigo Cay ping!

[ctdonath2]

Underwater terrain looks like something could be there. Sure ain’t nearly a mile under the surface. .

[FLAMING DEATH]

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