10 comments

  • nl1 hour ago
    It&#x27;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.<p>&gt; 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.
    • arcticfox36 minutes ago
      I have no interest in finding islands, but it seems like it would be pretty easy to find icebergs that never move.
  • sudb2 hours ago
    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!
    • phire50 minutes ago
      Appears that nobody ever ran a search. Probably because everyone just assumed there was no new land to discover.
  • bhouston2 hours ago
    What are the gps coordinates? I want to look it up on Google Maps.<p>Generally somewhere around here:<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;maps.app.goo.gl&#x2F;wy1PNDWcvP7h9d4j7?g_st=ic" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;maps.app.goo.gl&#x2F;wy1PNDWcvP7h9d4j7?g_st=ic</a><p>I notice that this area isn’t fully imaged. Just around the known existing islands.
    • robinhouston28 minutes ago
      From the article: “The team will publish the exact position of the island once the naming process is complete”
  • teeray2 hours ago
    &gt; the scientists and ship&#x27;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.<p>There is definitely cursed pirates treasure on that island
  • ClassAndBurn1 hour ago
    Uncharted island found. Charted.
  • restlessforge5 hours ago
    Is this the start of a Jules Verne novel? Really though super cool
    • robot-wrangler1 hour ago
      Or something darker.. R&#x27;yleh where dead Cthulu lies dreaming is out there near Point Nemo too ;)
  • booleandilemma32 minutes ago
    How much would an island like that set me back?
  • bulletsvshumans2 hours ago
    Dibs
  • jmclnx3 hours ago
    Interesting, I would normally expect small islands like this to disappear.<p>Would be interesting if they find more info on the satellite images they are examining.
    • tejtm1 hour ago
      With ice off they may rebound (up) nigh perceptibly
  • SilentM6856 minutes ago
    [dead]