Ganges Island
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°ECoordinates: 30°45′N 154°25′E / 30.750°N 154.417°E on maps of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.[1] Reports of its disappearance appeared in 1933.[2]
The purported island was considered a part of an Anson Archipelago, which included other phantom islands such as Los Jardines as well as real islands such as Wake and Marcus Islands.
An 1855 German map showing Ganges Island east of the Bonin Islands ("Munin-Sima")
An 1891 German map showing Ganges Island in the Anson Archipelago, east of the Bonin Islands
A 1932 German map showing Ganges Island east of the Bonin Islands
See also
- Minamitorishima, literally "southern bird island"
- Okinotorishima, literally "distant bird island"
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Island in Pacific Vanishes". The Straits Times. 12 July 1933. p. 12.
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