Case file · Folklore / legend
Sandy Island is 'undiscovered'
On 22 November 2012 Australian scientists aboard the research ship Southern Surveyor sailed to Sandy Island in the Coral Sea, shown on Google Maps and world charts, and found 1,400 m of open water.
2012 CE · -19.22, 159.93 · status: explained
The account
The island had appeared on charts since at least 1908, possibly from a whaler's sighting in 1876. It was removed from maps after the voyage.