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What are mysterious islands, what are marked on maps, but what is not exist?

http://kimmontaidearvioita.blogspot.com/p/what-are-mysterious-islands-what-are.html Kimmo Huosionmaa When we are talking about islands, what has been on maps, but when the scientists or military went to the place, they would not find anything. The most famous of those exciting creatures are "Sandy island" and "Crocker island" what is marked to maps, but what does not exist.  The first one was marked in New Caledonia, and if that island would have existed, it belongs to French areas, what are beyond the sea. The "Crocker" island is a place, what polar explorer Peary marked on the map, but this island is not actually existed. So why they are in the maps? The most common explanation for that mystery is that "Island" was the area, where naval vessels met their support ships for getting ammunition, powder and other merchandise. That rendezvous-area marked the island because the ships must find together in that area. A quite small island...