What island is this?

[Cyclenall]

*This is a NHC map edited by me*



What island is that? I looked using Google Maps and there isn't an island right there in that exact spot. There is an island below it (Islas del Cisne) however on Google maps and I don't know if it's the same one.

If it's the same island, that map needs editing since it's in the wrong spot.

[Chacor]

Don't forget about the map projection type. Sure appears to be Islas del Cisne.

[Cyclenall]

The map projection is the same as Google Maps as far as I know. I have looked at all kinds of maps and there is another island near there that I have only found in a old map book from the 60s that was called "Swan Island" or something similar. The maps I have looked at sometimes show this island or doesn't.

[Dionne]

I have an antique map which I received as a gift some years ago.....(after I ran away into the Carib and came home).

The name on this map is "Viciosas". A Google search shows that it is part of what is known as the Swan Islands. The map I have shows the island at precisely 18 degrees north latitude. Just north of Viciosas is an area called Misteriosa Bank......which is a submerged atoll. Present day maps show Swan Island to the southeast of Viciosas.

[Chacor]

Weirdly, though, Google Earth's satellite imagery doesn't pick this island up.

[RL3AO]

Weirdly, though, Google Earth's satellite imagery doesn't pick this island up.

I can see it on Google Earth, but when I zoom in on it, the image doesn't get clearer and it doesn't show a name.

[Dionne]

Hmmmmm...?? Secrecy. I wonder what they are hiding? We should invade the island! God only knows what they are planning. Ready the 82nd Airborne. A BMET 900 foot combat jump. By lunch the place will be ours!

[vbhoutex]

It's probably a secret weather research station that generates hurricanes!!!!!

[CajunMama]

After googling atlas maps and viewing them, i've come to the conclusion that this is the swan islands also known as las islas del cisne. I also googled swan islands and found a few sites there.

http://www.worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/namerica/camerica/lgcolor/hncolor.htm

http://www.tarleton.edu/~dekeith/swanislands.html

http://www.tarleton.edu/~dekeith/SILocation.html

http://www.tarleton.edu/~dekeith/SImap.jpg

http://www.islasdelcisne.com/

[Ed Mahmoud]

Hmmmmm...?? Secrecy. I wonder what they are hiding? We should invade the island! God only knows what they are planning. Ready the 82nd Airborne. A BMET 900 foot combat jump. By lunch the place will be ours!

If that island doesn't have at least about 3000 feet of flat land, it'll be pretty worthless as a secret military base.


But if it has a lagoon where sea planes could land, well...

[Cyclenall]

Thanks for all the information. I guess it's the Swan Islands but I thought it was only 1 island.

[Dionne]

I wanna go there. Which author said that "peculiar travel suggestions are dance lessons from God"....?

[CajunMama]

Hmmmmm...?? Secrecy. I wonder what they are hiding? We should invade the island! God only knows what they are planning. Ready the 82nd Airborne. A BMET 900 foot combat jump. By lunch the place will be ours!

If that island doesn't have at least about 3000 feet of flat land, it'll be pretty worthless as a secret military base.


But if it has a lagoon where sea planes could land, well...

If you clicked on the 3rd link that i posted you'd see that there is a 3800' grass air strip.

[Ed Mahmoud]

Hmmmmm...?? Secrecy. I wonder what they are hiding? We should invade the island! God only knows what they are planning. Ready the 82nd Airborne. A BMET 900 foot combat jump. By lunch the place will be ours!

If that island doesn't have at least about 3000 feet of flat land, it'll be pretty worthless as a secret military base.


But if it has a lagoon where sea planes could land, well...

If you clicked on the 3rd link that i posted you'd see that there is a 3800' grass air strip.

So it isn't the real location of 'Fantasy Island' then...