How a Fake Island Ended Up On Google Earth

We posted this story about a year ago concerning an island that was shown on Google Earth that just vanished. I guess the researchers in Australia really worry about things like this and finally got to the bottom of the mysterious disappearance. I'm thinking Gilligan's Island myself. In an obituary for the island published this month, the researchers explained why the phantom landmass had been included on some maps for more than a century.