Still Waters Posted November 22, 2012 #1 Share Posted November 22, 2012 A South Pacific island, shown on marine charts and world maps as well as on Google Earth and Google Maps, does not exist, Australian scientists say. The supposedly sizeable strip of land, named Sandy Island on Google maps, was positioned midway between Australia and French-governed New Caledonia. But when scientists from the University of Sydney went to the area, they found only the blue ocean of the Coral Sea. The phantom island has featured in publications for at least a decade. http://www.bbc.co.uk...d-asia-20442487 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Space Commander Travis Posted November 22, 2012 #2 Share Posted November 22, 2012 I love these kind of stories. it's like a modern day traveller's tale, like Hy-Brasil and Atlantis, if on a slightly smaller scale. I like to think it does actually exist, it just hides when anyone comes near. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glorybebe Posted November 22, 2012 #3 Share Posted November 22, 2012 Very interesting...I would love to go to the co-ordinates to see for myself! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hasina Posted November 22, 2012 #4 Share Posted November 22, 2012 Gotta feel bad for the shipwrecked guy who thought he had found land. 'But the map! It says it's here! It says it's HERE!' -sobs- 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glorybebe Posted November 22, 2012 #5 Share Posted November 22, 2012 Gotta feel bad for the shipwrecked guy who thought he had found land. 'But the map! It says it's here! It says it's HERE!' -sobs- LOL! Or the guy who bought the island! It is on the map! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hasina Posted November 22, 2012 #6 Share Posted November 22, 2012 LOL! Or the guy who bought the island! It is on the map! LMAO Yes! 'I bought this island from a guy wearing a top hat, a monocle, and was twirling his mustache, I know he's legit.' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRIPTIC CHAMELEON Posted November 22, 2012 #7 Share Posted November 22, 2012 So once again Gilligan and the skipper and the rest of the castaways will be lost for another 45 years. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Space Commander Travis Posted November 22, 2012 #8 Share Posted November 22, 2012 Maybe they could set the next series of I'm* A Celebrity, get Me Out Of Here there! Send 'em all to a possibly imaginary island, get them out of the way for good! * (the missing word is 'not') 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pallidin Posted November 22, 2012 #9 Share Posted November 22, 2012 Dang it ! I was going to buy that island. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRIPTIC CHAMELEON Posted November 23, 2012 #10 Share Posted November 23, 2012 (edited) Dang it ! I was going to buy that island. I got an imaginary boat maybe you might want to buy it instead. Edited November 23, 2012 by CRIPTIC CHAMELEON 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pallidin Posted November 23, 2012 #11 Share Posted November 23, 2012 I got an imaginary boat maybe you might want to buy it instead. Hey, now that's an idea! I could buy this imaginary island as well as your imaginary boat, go there, and live-out my imaginary fantasies. Beats the heck out of the world's reality I'm living in now. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JGirl Posted November 23, 2012 #12 Share Posted November 23, 2012 A South Pacific island, shown on marine charts and world maps as well as on Google Earth and Google Maps, does not exist, Australian scientists say. The supposedly sizeable strip of land, named Sandy Island on Google maps, was positioned midway between Australia and French-governed New Caledonia. But when scientists from the University of Sydney went to the area, they found only the blue ocean of the Coral Sea. The phantom island has featured in publications for at least a decade. http://www.bbc.co.uk...d-asia-20442487 it's not every day you get to undiscover something! i'll be very interested to hear how this 'island' managed its way onto maps to begin with 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JGirl Posted November 23, 2012 #13 Share Posted November 23, 2012 LMAO Yes! 'I bought this island from a guy wearing a top hat, a monocle, and was twirling his mustache, I know he's legit.' uh.. that was mr peanut. sorry you've been had 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woopypooky Posted November 24, 2012 #14 Share Posted November 24, 2012 if its on google map, how can it be wrong? i mean didnt google took it from satelite? now we have proof that Google cheated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MistyW Posted November 24, 2012 #15 Share Posted November 24, 2012 It sunk into the sea just like atlantis or something? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xYlvax Posted November 24, 2012 #16 Share Posted November 24, 2012 It's one of those giant fish that look like islands but move around all the time.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lava_Lady Posted November 24, 2012 #17 Share Posted November 24, 2012 Looks like someone squished a bug but instead of cleaning it off the map just called it an island thinking, meh, no one will ever go there... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simbi Laveau Posted November 25, 2012 #18 Share Posted November 25, 2012 Yes,but its on google earth too . When did google earth come out...about 2006 ? I'm not sure ,but that allegedly sees what's there now. Or relatively close to present time. That makes no sense ,if its not there ,which again proves,google earth is manipulated for reasons unknown . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rafterman Posted November 25, 2012 #19 Share Posted November 25, 2012 Could it simply be a shallow reef that appears from time to time? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lava_Lady Posted November 25, 2012 #20 Share Posted November 25, 2012 Could it simply be a shallow reef that appears from time to time? That's what I was thinking, that it's actually an atoll that has since sunk. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JGirl Posted November 26, 2012 #21 Share Posted November 26, 2012 That's what I was thinking, that it's actually an atoll that has since sunk. i wondered this too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timothy Posted November 26, 2012 #22 Share Posted November 26, 2012 (edited) From the article: "The world is a constantly changing place, the Google spokesman told AFP, "and keeping on top of these changes is a never-ending endeavour'. I'm thinking that a change from land to 1400m deep ocean would have taken slightly longer than Google has been around... That's what I was thinking, that it's actually an atoll that has since sunk. 1400m deep apparently... Edited November 26, 2012 by Timonthy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRIPTIC CHAMELEON Posted November 26, 2012 #23 Share Posted November 26, 2012 The worst case scenario is it could be that island of rubbish that's floating around out there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timothy Posted November 27, 2012 #24 Share Posted November 27, 2012 The worst case scenario is it could be that island of rubbish that's floating around out there. What if it's an island of floating dead human bodies? Or Cthulhu? Or a giant school of some kind of human eating animal? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rafterman Posted November 27, 2012 #25 Share Posted November 27, 2012 What if it's an island of floating dead human bodies? Or Cthulhu? Or a giant school of some kind of human eating animal? Perhaps even Cthulhu's dildo? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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