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Google Maps' Australian Illusion
- Newspoint Africa, Friday, November 23, 2012 11:06 AM
An Island identified by Google Maps with coordinates that physically puts it between the eastern Australian coast and New Caledonia, French-governed, in the South Pacific doesn't exist, according to explorers from the University of Sydney. The researchers are now trying to understand why the "phantom island" has been included in the region's nautical charts, created by Australia's Hydrographic Service.
Remember in LOST the plane was flying from LA to Sydney. That is all the explaination necessary.