Google and National Geographic quickly removed Sandy Island from all of their maps. Seton, meanwhile, dug into the mystery and has now published an obituary of Sandy Island in EOS, the journal of ...

The map shows an island the same size and shape in Sandy Island’s location. The chart notes that the island was reported in 1876 by a whaling ship named Velocity .

The story of Sandy Island begins on September 15, 1774, when Captain James Cook charted a "Sandy I." in the eastern Coral Sea, ... 2012, Google Maps removed the island from its service.

There’s this wild mystery about an island called Sandy Island—it doesn’t exist, but it keeps showing up on maps. For years, people thought it was real because early explorers reported it, and ...

"Saving Sandy Island" explores environmental development along SC's coastline. "Saving Sandy Island" takes a multi-faceted look at the sensitive issue of environmental development along this ...