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Phantom islands in United Kingdom (Mid-Atlantic phantom) · Mysteria

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Phantom islands

Islands charted for centuries, searched for, and never found — cartographers' ghosts.

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🇵🇹Portugal

🇸🇭United Kingdom (Mid-Atlantic phantom)1

🇧🇻Norway (Bouvet phantom)1

🇺🇸United States1

🇨🇱Chile (Pacific phantom)1

🇸🇭 United Kingdom (Mid-Atlantic phantom)

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🇸🇭 United Kingdom (Mid-Atlantic phantom) · Phantom island

Saxemberg Island – Mid-Atlantic Phantom of 1670 John Linderman

Phantom cartographic (1670–1816 sightings) · Dutch VOC / British exploring / Admiralty

Mid-Atlantic Ridge phantom island with isthmus charted 139 years – Flinders' 1809 undiscovery.