tvieno t1_j0o6hca wrote on December 18, 2022 at 3:53 AM

Reply to comment by walkingtalkingdread in TIL That in 1774 James Cook charted Sandy Island off the coast of New Caledonia. Despite its' inclusion in official maps and charts for over two centuries in 2012 an Australian survey vessel proved the island had never actually existed and may have been a 'pumice raft' floating in the area. by GentPc

No one bothered to check.

GiantRiverSquid t1_j0oh5mp wrote on December 18, 2022 at 5:32 AM

I actually got a random video for "top 5 censored Google maps locations", Sandy Island was one. I'm guessing OP watched the same video, because it also "proves that probably" it was a pumice Island and captain Cook and some random whaling ship a hundred years later were wrong

And I can't be bothered to look into any of the flimsy claims made, because I'm not a sailor and I just don't care.