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Uncharted island soon to appear on nautical charts

73 pointsby tannhaeuseryesterday at 8:30 PM33 commentsview on HN

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nlyesterday at 11:46 PM

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.

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dbcurtistoday at 4:23 AM

The burning question is whether or not it qualifies as a new DXCC entity.

sudbyesterday at 10:44 PM

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!

bhoustonyesterday at 10:56 PM

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.

sanextoday at 2:24 AM

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.

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teerayyesterday at 11:22 PM

> 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

restlessforgeyesterday at 8:31 PM

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

ClassAndBurntoday at 12:23 AM

Uncharted island found. Charted.

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chinabottoday at 3:28 AM

Valuable real-estate, it wont have any tariffs!

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bulletsvshumansyesterday at 11:08 PM

Dibs

jmclnxyesterday at 10:29 PM

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.

booleandilemmatoday at 1:01 AM

How much would an island like that set me back?

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SilentM68today at 12:36 AM

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