Podesta (island)

Podesta is a phantom island which was first mentioned in 1879 by the Italian Captain Pinocchio (ship Barone Podesta ); he describes the island as follows: one kilometers circumference, about 1390 km west of Valparaiso, Chile in the Pacific Ocean located. Other information locate the island 900 miles west of the Chilean coast.

The island was performed until 1935 in the charts. Since she could never be found again, it has since been deleted from the card again.

Google Earth is the island at 32 ° 18 ' S, 89 ° 8' W 32.300483333333 89.135291666667 - localized, possibly a joke entry.

Swell

  • Karl Baarslag: Islands of adventure. London 1944. Pp. 262-263
  • Phantom island
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