Mysterious 'ghost island' in the South Pacific

Until now, oceanographic experts have not been able to give the most accurate explanation of the mysterious existence of a 'ghost island' named Sandy ever mentioned in history.

Calling Sandy Island in the South Pacific region is 'ghost island' because it hides like a ghost in many documents.

In 1774, Sandy Island was first identified by Captain James Cook. Location determined in the northeastern area off the Australian coast.

Sandy Island is determined to exist in the old maritime map.

It is defined in the Discovery Chart made in James Cook's South Pacific in 1776. This strange island is said to be about 24km long, 5km wide.

The nautical chart of the British Hydrographic Office in 1908 also confirmed the existence of Sandy Island.

By 1876, a whaling ship called Velocity also reported the existence of Sandy Island.

However, in 1979, the French hydrological agency completely eliminated the existence of this island.

By 2012, Australian scientists had actually determined Sandy could not be found. Especially, with a depth of 1km, there is no sign of any island.

The coordinates are believed to be Sandy Island in the South Pacific Ocean.

On November 26, 2012, Google officially removed this mysterious island name from its Google Maps service.

Many questions have been raised and no one can explain what they saw when they caught Sandy the day before.

Recently, scientists have hypothesized, maybe Sandy is a 'floating island' , in other words, sponges created from underwater volcanoes. They can form floats that reach kilometers long in the ocean and travel thousands of kilometers over long periods of time.

Currently, scientists continue to find a more accurate solution to the existence of Sandy Island.