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Sandy Island, the Undiscovered Country
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."
We have to go back!
Excellent, my evil island cloaking device is functioning perfectly. They'll never know my nefarious plans until they are too late to do anything about them!
It was actually just a really really big whale.
But when scientists from the University of Sydney went to the area, they found only the blue ocean of the Coral Sea.
April Fools!
American Third Position
Finally, a real choice!
... The last time I visited Alderaan
I propose we call the island "Amercia" and put Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich on it. That's the "New Amercia" Mitt was talking about. I'm sure there's plenty others we can put on the new island.
Have gnu, will travel.
ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn
putting the 'B' in LGBTQ+
This is just a marketing stunt by the area's resident Dolphin community. They want to lure tourists to this patch of the sea, so they can do some backflips in return for loose change and hearty gifts of plankton.
The funny thing is Google seems to have doctored the satellite photos to put a dark blob where this fictitious island is supposed to be.
I doesn't show up on my new iOS 6 Maps app ... and here I thought this missing island was Apple's fault.
The truth should be obvious to any Doctor Who fan. The "it's only ocean" that the scientists saw was obviously a perception filter. The island is being used as a staging area for a Dalek assault.
My sci-fi novel, Ghost Thief, is now available from Amazon.com.
I'll be surprised if Google doesn't announce their street view cams have been adapted and installed on board ships. That island is out there somewhere, and I trust Google to find it.
It is, a bunch of Apple fanatics with shovels actually removed the island rather than admit Apple was wrong.