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Uncharted island soon to appear on nautical charts(awi.de)
47 points by tannhaeuser 6 hours ago | 19 comments
sanex 5 minutes ago | parent | next [-]

This appears to be a relatively scientific institution and yet they don't use the internationally recognized unit of measurement the American football field. I have no idea how big this island is now.

nl 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

It's not explicitly stated but it seems that this island was not charted because the area it was in had previously been full of icebergs.

> On the satellite images analysed, the island could hardly be distinguished from the numerous icebergs drifting around in the immediate vicinity due to its ice cover.

arcticfox 2 hours ago | parent [-]

I have no interest in finding islands, but it seems like it would be pretty easy to find icebergs that never move.

DoctorOetker an hour ago | parent [-]

Such a search could still be run to predict new islands before they are discovered in the same way?

sudb 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I assumed that satellite data would have been enough to know if something was an iceberg or land - wild that new land is still being discovered!

phire 2 hours ago | parent [-]

Appears that nobody ever ran a search. Probably because everyone just assumed there was no new land to discover.

bhouston 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

What are the gps coordinates? I want to look it up on Google Maps.

Generally somewhere around here:

https://maps.app.goo.gl/wy1PNDWcvP7h9d4j7?g_st=ic

I notice that this area isn’t fully imaged. Just around the known existing islands.

robinhouston an hour ago | parent [-]

From the article: “The team will publish the exact position of the island once the naming process is complete”

teeray 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

> the scientists and ship's crew were surprised by the sudden appearance of an island that had previously only been marked as a danger zone on the available nautical charts.

There is definitely cursed pirates treasure on that island

restlessforge 6 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Is this the start of a Jules Verne novel? Really though super cool

robot-wrangler 3 hours ago | parent [-]

Or something darker.. R'yleh where dead Cthulu lies dreaming is out there near Point Nemo too ;)

georgemcbay 24 minutes ago | parent [-]

Or something even darker than that...

What if this story took place on a planet where the inhabitants collectively decided to value at-all-costs economic growth over a sustainable ecosystem, resulting in a situation where they were losing over a trillion metric tons of ice per year and that is what caused the mysterious island to be revealed...?

hsbauauvhabzb 6 minutes ago | parent [-]

Or something even darker: So basically Epstein island without the child sexual abuse?

ClassAndBurn 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Uncharted island found. Charted.

booleandilemma an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

How much would an island like that set me back?

bulletsvshumans 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Dibs

jmclnx 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Interesting, I would normally expect small islands like this to disappear.

Would be interesting if they find more info on the satellite images they are examining.

tejtm 2 hours ago | parent [-]

With ice off they may rebound (up) nigh perceptibly

jmclnx 15 minutes ago | parent [-]

That's right, I forgot about that!