The islands always belong to the past: what has been

Please introduce the islands that like to play 'peek-a-boo', challenging the patience of adventurers as well as the scientific world.

Seabed always contains countless interesting and terrifying things. But the thing that floats on the sea is also mysterious: the islands!

Attending the same list of 5 islands, though they no longer exist, are always reminded and rumored.

1. Sarah Anne Island (in the middle of the Pacific Ocean) - the island is lost in the most . stupid way in the world

In 1858, a New York fertilizer company train traveled across the Pacific to find . bird droppings on the islands, to bring back fertilizer production.

Heaven did not please people, they finally discovered a tiny island. They named it Sarah Anne and . claimed her ownership! According to the company, the island is located at 4 degrees north latitude, 154.22 degrees west. That is located in the northeast of the famous Christmas Island.

This is the Christmas Island, and the island of Sarah Anne cannot be determined.

15 years later, the map makers of the US government searched forever, looking for nothing but Sarah Anne Island. But okay, the tiny island is . ignored.

Until 1937, a group of astronomers relied on observation and calculations, and discovered Sarah Anne again. But it is at 4 degrees south latitude, not 4 degrees north latitude as New York Fertilizer Company confirmed! And it's been on the map for a long time, it's Malden Island!

2. Maui Nui Island (Hawaii Sea) - divided into 4

Aerial view of part of today's Hawaiian Islands.

Today, Hawaii is the largest island in the Hawaiian Islands. However, it only achieved that title in modern times.

In the past, there was an island bigger than half. It is called Maui Nui (in Hawaiian which means "great Maui island"). But this "suburb" island has been divided into four small islands, namely Maui, Moloka'i, Lana'i and Kaho'olawe today.

In the past, volcanic lava disturbed the topography and added to the area of ​​Maui Nui. However, when the volcano halted, the lava grew cold and heavy to sink to the bottom of the sea, formally separating Maui Nui into four small islands so far.

Evidence shows that the other four sporadic islands were once "integrated" together, that they have very similar flora and fauna.

3. Sandy Island (off Australia): a proof that you don't believe Google Map, sometimes it's tricked!

According to many records and rumors, Sandy Island lies between the waters of Australia and the island of New Caledonia. It is about 24km long, an area of ​​about 117km square (double the area of ​​Hoi An city).

Sandy Island has appeared on many maps, from maps in 1908 to Google Map. The problem is that when Sydney University researchers went to that location in 2012, they found only . the sea

Sandy Island only appears on . Google Earth?

But there are many people who report on the new Sandy Island! In 1772, the British explorer recorded a trip through the island. In 1876, sailors of the Velocity boat from England also saw Sandy Island. However, no one ever set foot on the island.

Images were spread by netizens with hashtag #FindSandy (Find Sandy Island).

Did this island sink? The sonar map (for depth measurements) shows that the waters around Sandy Island are very deep but there are no traces of foundation or any submarine under the bottom. That means, there is only one possibility that Sandy Island is deep and very deep in the sea. But where is the earthquake big enough to cause such a thing ?!

More easily verified: Google Map reported Sandy Island "does not exist" ! Ok Google!

4. Tuanaki Island (South Pacific): the island "the new festival"

In the 1840s, a man named Soma, living in the South Pacific Cook Island, told the missionaries that he had visited Tuanaki Island.

This is Cook Island.According to the rumored Tuanaki Island, it is quite close to Cook Island but it is not found

During that sea voyage, Soma's train saw the small island. Immediately, the captain gave Soma a knife to fight the Aboriginal people when needed. However, Aboriginal people are very . cute and enjoy dancing.

They received a strange group of guests, and offered delicious dishes, and also gave them pork, banana, coconut and other specialties. A strange thing is that on the island, men and women live in separate houses!

Painting Tuanaki Island by painter Miner.

Soma determined Tuanaki Island is located about 100km from Mangaia Island and has an area of ​​about 1.3km square. Listening to the interesting story, the missionaries decided to find Tuanaki Island. But after two explorations in 1844 and 1856, it was all about work.

Perhaps the island has sunk, or is it all a fabrication? But people in Cook Island today, they still believe and spread the story about the peaceful island, enjoy dancing freely.

5. Ferdinandea Island (off Italy): hidden unpredictable

Painting the ancient Ferdinandea island and the bottom part.

The island is only 31 km from the southern coast of Sicily (autonomous administrative region of Italy). In fact, the "island" is the top part of a submerged volcano.

First recorded about Ferdinandea island from ancient Rome, specifically about 264 - 241TCN. After that, due to volcanic activity, the island rose and sank again and again many times. It sounds like a two island island romance in Disney's short "Lava" animation?

By July 1831, volcanic eruptions and the island of Ferdinandea appeared again. This time the floating part has a circumference of 5km, a height of 65m above sea level. Six months later, it sank again. In 2002, she also "breathed" a little bit and . went to dive the sea.