Nov. 23, 2012— -- Sandy Island was nowhere to be found when Australian scientists reached the South Pacific location where it appeared on Google Earth, nautical charts and world maps.

Google Maps and Google Earth include a Coral Sea island that doesn’t actually exist. Scientists from the University of Sydney sailed east of the coast of Brisbane to find the tiny spec of land ...

The clip showed what appeared to be Google Earth or Maps data of an island that, when zoomed in, showed people riding a boat next to a two-eyed, reptilian-like creature just below the surface of ...

Mystery surrounds a "phantom island" in the South Pacific which has left experts baffled. A strange strip of land, known as Sandy Island, has been an enigma for many years after being included on ...

It’s unknown whether the island ... Maps now Never has geography been so engaging. Picture: Google Maps A woman of the people, the 50-year-old shared her find on a Facebook group for Google ...

A remote Russian island is covered up on Google maps, and some suggest the black ... A search through google earth shows that this has been permanently blurred out- even in images dating back ...