Ganges Island

Ganges Island, a phantom island known as Nakanotorishima (中ノ鳥島, literally "central bird island") in Japanese, appeared at 30°45′N 154°25′E / 30.750°N 154.417°E / 30.750; 154.417Coordinates: 30°45′N 154°25′E / 30.750°N 154.417°E / 30.750; 154.417 on maps of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.^[1] Reports of its disappearance appeared in 1933.^[2]

The purported island was considered a part of an Anson Archipelago, which included other phantom islands such as Los Jardines as well as real islands such as Wake and Marcus Islands.

Maps showing Ganges Island

• An 1855 German map showing Ganges Island east of the Bonin Islands ("Munin-Sima")

• An 1891 German map showing Ganges Island in the Anson Archipelago, east of the Bonin Islands

• A 1932 German map showing Ganges Island east of the Bonin Islands

See also

• Minamitorishima, literally "southern bird island"
• Okinotorishima, literally "distant bird island"

References

1. Stommel, Henry (1984). Lost Islands: The Story of Islands That Have Vanished from Nautical Charts. Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press. pp. xvii, 132. ISBN 0-7748-0210-3.
2. "Island in Pacific Vanishes". The Straits Times. 12 July 1933. p. 12.