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Riddle of missing Pacific island solved: researcher

This Nov. 22 photo shows a computer screen displaying the Google Maps location of Sandy Island, which Australian scientists said last month did not exist. File photo via AFP.

A New Zealand researcher claimed to have solved the riddle of a mystery South Pacific island shown on Google Earth and world maps which does not exist, blaming a whaling ship from 1876. The phantom landmass in the Coral Sea is shown as Sandy Island on Google Earth and Google…

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Aussie scientists un-discover Pacific island shown on Google Earth

Hawaii coast via AFP

A South Pacific island identified on Google Earth and world maps does not exist, according to Australian scientists who went searching for the mystery landmass during a geological expedition. The sizeable phantom island in the Coral Sea is shown as Sandy Island on Google Earth and Google maps and is…

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Google, Brazilian tribe launch culture map project

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Google on Saturday unveiled a cultural map of Brazil’ Surui indigenous people, a digital tool that will help the Amazonian tribe share their vast knowledge of the forest and fight illegal logging. The map, the result of a five-year partnership between Surui chief Almir and the US technology giant, was…

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