Sandy Island, the Undiscovered Country 182
Big Hairy Ian writes "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."
Copyright Trap, perhaps? (Score:5, Insightful)
Putting non-existent features onto published maps to provide proof of future copyright infringement is a well-known practice, after all...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fictitious_entry [wikipedia.org]
Pumice? (Score:5, Insightful)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pumice_raft
Serious Safty Error? (Score:5, Insightful)
If this is on navigational maps, it could be a serious safty issue - not in avoiding it, but if for example a ship in distress navigated to it verses a actual existing piece of land...
Re:Funny! (Score:5, Insightful)
S 19 13' E 156 56'
Re:Kate... (Score:5, Insightful)
It's too late. The joy of Lost was the promise of a satisfactory conclusion to a coherent story arc. Now we know that there isn't one.
Re:It was never added to OpenStreetMap (Score:4, Insightful)