Ganges Island

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1932 German map showing Ganges Island east of Japan

Ganges Island, a phantom island known as Nakanotorishima (中ノ鳥島, literally "central bird island") in Japanese, appeared at 30°45′N 154°25′E / 30.750°N 154.417°E / 30.750; 154.417 on maps of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.[1] Reports of its disappearance appeared in 1933.[2]

References

  1. ^ Stommel, Henry (1984). Lost Islands: The Story of Islands That Have Vanished from Nautical Charts. Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press. pp. xvii, 132. ISBN 0-7748-0210-3.
  2. ^ "Island in Pacific Vanishes". The Straits Times. 12 July 1933. p. 12.

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