or at least for sandy island.
so it now seems that a whole island we thought existed,
actually doesn't.
well, when i say 'we' i think i mean 'you' because until today i'd never heard of sandy island. and if i had i like to think i would have had enough about me to realise that even the name is clearly a giveaway to its fictitious status,
it being rather too 'enid blyton' for my liking.
apparently this south pacific non-island first appeared on google earth and google maps within the past few years, and has been replicated as other maps have lazily been produced.
once it appeared on a map its existence was confirmed.
and unquestioned.
it seems terribly easy to invent an island.
perhaps it would even be possible to invent a whole country.
that would be a really neat trick.
although it could never really happen, because we're far too intelligent to let anyone get away with it.
wait a minute.
what about israel?
you can read more about sandy island by googling 'sandy island'
you can learn more about israel by googling 'historical region of palestine'
