'Sandy ghost island' appeared on the map as confusion

New Zealand museum staff Auckland Sean Higgins on December 3 said that the Pacific island of ghosts appearing on many world maps for at least a decade is a mistake, and this confusion started from in 1876.

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Earlier, Australian scientists were in search of the Southern Surveyor, which was tasked with identifying floating lands in Oceania due to geological fluctuations, also claiming that the ghost island appeared on Google Earth and some of the maps. gender does not exist in reality.

Sandy Island on the map

Dr. Maria Seton of the expedition group said that ' The island appears on Google Earth and many other maps. So we want to check the reality. We were confused because we couldn't see the island. If it doesn't exist, why do people put it on the map? "

On December 3, in an ABC radio show, geographers New Zealand revealed the reason for the confusion. They argue that the ghost island was first put on the world map from the Velocity Whale Ship.

Earlier, it was thought that in 1876, the crew of Velocity had been on the island once because they found that the ships traveling in this area were in great danger. Therefore, they then saved the dangerous warnings and location of the island on the map. However, they probably misidentified the coordinates.

According to the report, when Australian scientists arrived at the right place, they only saw the immense turquoise of the Coral Sea. Marine tools recorded at that time Dr. Seton's explorer ship was standing in a sea of ​​1,400 meters deep and there were no islands.