According to Google Maps and several other nautical charts, Sandy Island is about 25 kilometres long and sits between Australia to the west and New Caledonia and Vanuatu to the east. According to Dr. Maria Seton and her scientific research team, it does not now, nor ever has, existed at all.
"We were out in the Eastern Coral Sea, conducting a scientific research expedition, and when we were approaching the area of this supposed island," Seton…
