Elkhunter
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I'm curious. Can't find a reference.
What was the last island that was discovered?
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Whiskers
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Kenny Rogers discovered Islands in a stream, but they belonged to Dolly Parton.
Elkhunter
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Don't matter Dan. Just curious as to the last island ever discovered. And don't tell me Gilligin's Island either.
wyomingtim
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There was a new island that formed a few years back off the coast of Iceland. The volcano there finally broke through sea level.
whitedeer
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Elkie......a curious mind is a shame to waste.....I think Oodaaq Island may be the latest island discovered in 1978.
" Oodaaq was discovered in 1978 by Uffe Petersen, a member of the Geodetic Institute during a 1978 expedition (GI1978) to complete the first accurate survey of northern Greenland. Trigonometric surveys were combined with the then new satellite positioning methods to obtain fixed points for the 1985 orthophoto maps. The island was visited by H. Andersson, F. Madsen and A. Færch Jensen (GI1978) and in 1979 by geologists S. Funder and C. Hjort. Its location (83° 40’ 32.5" N - 30° 40’ 10.1" W) lay 1.36 km from Kaffekluben and along the long axis of this island. It was 50 by 50 meters with an altitude of one meter and was composed of silt, sand and gravel covered by a veneer of rounded boulders. (S. Funder and C. Hjort, A Reconnaissance of the Quaternary Geology of Eastern North Greenland, Rapport nr. 99, Grønlands Geologiske Undersøgelse, pp. 99-105; København, 1980). Photographs and memory of the crew noted very few boulders larger than 10 cm in size (Personal communication Willy Weng 01/6/27, Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland, GEUS). A small cairn was built on Oodaaq in 1979 by the Sirius Patrol."
" Oodaaq was discovered in 1978 by Uffe Petersen, a member of the Geodetic Institute during a 1978 expedition (GI1978) to complete the first accurate survey of northern Greenland. Trigonometric surveys were combined with the then new satellite positioning methods to obtain fixed points for the 1985 orthophoto maps. The island was visited by H. Andersson, F. Madsen and A. Færch Jensen (GI1978) and in 1979 by geologists S. Funder and C. Hjort. Its location (83° 40’ 32.5" N - 30° 40’ 10.1" W) lay 1.36 km from Kaffekluben and along the long axis of this island. It was 50 by 50 meters with an altitude of one meter and was composed of silt, sand and gravel covered by a veneer of rounded boulders. (S. Funder and C. Hjort, A Reconnaissance of the Quaternary Geology of Eastern North Greenland, Rapport nr. 99, Grønlands Geologiske Undersøgelse, pp. 99-105; København, 1980). Photographs and memory of the crew noted very few boulders larger than 10 cm in size (Personal communication Willy Weng 01/6/27, Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland, GEUS). A small cairn was built on Oodaaq in 1979 by the Sirius Patrol."
"50 by 50 meters"
I've seen islands that small recently from a low flying airplane. One of my new goals in life is to go and sit on an island that small or smaller, with no one else around as far as the eye can see, only ocean.
I have simple desires.
I've seen islands that small recently from a low flying airplane. One of my new goals in life is to go and sit on an island that small or smaller, with no one else around as far as the eye can see, only ocean.
I have simple desires.
Elkhunter
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Thanks Whitedeer for the info.
Looks like a nice little getaway Mo.
Looks like a nice little getaway Mo.
Elkhunter
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Get a satalite connection and take your dish and puter with you.
Elkhunter
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Thatr should do it for her just fine.
That is an Atoll. Specifically Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands, the largest atoll in the world. I visited there last year about this time. I think my body assumes this should be an annual thing for me because I have been having a hard time not thinking about the place lately. The individual land chunks are still referred to as islands.
While I was there, I did manage to drop onto one island where there was only one other person on it so that was cool. As we were flying over the atoll at one point I saw several islands no bigger than a living room. Some had only one tree on the whole island (some had none at all). I just really got the idea I would love to be plunked down on one of those and just hang for awhile. I was already very overwhelmed by the feeling of isolation from "civilization" just where I was. Being on a 50 X 50' island with only one tree would have to be a fascinating experience.
While I was there, I did manage to drop onto one island where there was only one other person on it so that was cool. As we were flying over the atoll at one point I saw several islands no bigger than a living room. Some had only one tree on the whole island (some had none at all). I just really got the idea I would love to be plunked down on one of those and just hang for awhile. I was already very overwhelmed by the feeling of isolation from "civilization" just where I was. Being on a 50 X 50' island with only one tree would have to be a fascinating experience.
Ok what exactly is an atoll???
Mo there are islands off the Florida coast that you can actually rent and have all to yourself. Seen it on lifestyles of the stars. For what you got, the cost didnt seam that unreasonable. I think it was like $7,000 for a week or something like that. I just remember thinking that isnt that unreasonable. A really nice Hawaiin trip would cost near that for a week.
Mo there are islands off the Florida coast that you can actually rent and have all to yourself. Seen it on lifestyles of the stars. For what you got, the cost didnt seam that unreasonable. I think it was like $7,000 for a week or something like that. I just remember thinking that isnt that unreasonable. A really nice Hawaiin trip would cost near that for a week.
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