Pin Shows Exact Coordinates of Mysterious “Sandy Island”
There is an island on Google Maps that appears and disappears again and again, due to which scientists are completely confused. An obscure piece of land called Sandy Island, located between Australia and an island called New Caledonia, has been an enigma for many years.
The above island was first published in British explorer Captain James Cook’s Chart of Discoveries in the South Pacific Ocean. island. This resulted in many 19 . reflected inth Century maps in England and Germany. according to to express. It was once again observed in 1895, the island is believed to be 24 kilometers long and 5 kilometers wide.
As doubts were growing about the existence of the island, the French Hydrographic Service removed it entirely from its nautical charts in 1979.
In November 2012 several Australian scientists headed to the area of Sandy Island and found nothing but the sea. He also recorded the depth of the sea at coordinates which was 4,300 feet which suggests that there was no possibility that the island was submerged under the sea. After 4 days, Google Maps removed this island from its service.
If you punch in the exact coordinates, you can see a small “lump” in the ocean where the island used to be displayed on Google Maps. No one really knows whether the island ever existed and thus it remains a mystery to this day.