Sandy Island

Summary

Sandy Island is a phantom island^[1]. It ranks in the top 9% of phantom_island entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (142 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Sandy Island is located in New Caledonia^[3].
• Sandy Island is in the country of France^[4].
• Sandy Island is on the body of water Pacific Ocean^[5].
• Sandy Island's image is recorded as Sandy Island (Alleged Location) 2002-01-10, Landsat 7 ETM+.png^[6].
• Sandy Island's instance of is recorded as phantom island^[7].
• Sandy Island's locator map image is recorded as Sandy Island on 1908 chart - cropped.jpg^[8].
• Sandy Island's Commons category is recorded as Sandy Island^[9].
• Sandy Island's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': -19.225, 'lon': 159.925}^[10].
• Sandy Island's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': -19, 'lon': 160}^[11].
• Sandy Island's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0nfw_92^[12].
• Sandy Island's significant event is recorded as pumice raft^[13].
• Sandy Island's described by source is recorded as Google Earth^[14].
• Sandy Island's described by source is recorded as World Vector Shoreline Database^[15].
• Sandy Island's described by source is recorded as GSHHG^[16].
• Sandy Island's described by source is recorded as General Bathymetric Chart of the Oceans^[17].
• Sandy Island's described by source is recorded as ETOPO^[18].
• Sandy Island's GeoNames ID is recorded as 2138445^[19].
• Sandy Island's Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names ID is recorded as 1008868^[20].
• Sandy Island's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Sandy Island'}^[21].
• Sandy Island's length is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+24'}^[22].
• Sandy Island's length is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+25'}^[23].
• Sandy Island's width is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+5'}^[24].
• Sandy Island's GNS Unique Feature ID is recorded as -1714686^[25].
• Sandy Island's Quora topic ID is recorded as Sandy-Island^[26].
• Sandy Island's Atlas Obscura place ID is recorded as sandy-island^[27].

Why It Matters

Sandy Island ranks in the top 9% of phantom_island entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (142 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 17 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]