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Emerald Island (phantom)
The Emerald Island is a phantom island reported to lie between Australia and Antarctica and south of Macquarie Island. It was first sighted by the British sealing ship ''Emerald'', captained by William Elliot, in December 1821,〔Headland, Robert (1989). (Chronological list of Antarctic expeditions and related historical events ), p. 123. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-30903-4.〕 and the name of the supposed island derives from the name of this ship. It was presumed to be a small (but high and mountainous) island located at .〔〔
No trace of the island was found by the 1840 United States Exploring Expedition. Although a captain visiting Port Chalmers reported seeing it sometime before 1890,〔(Reference in an 1890 paper of the Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand )〕 a search by the ''Nimrod'' in 1909 turned up nothing. Nevertheless, it appeared on a map as late as 1987 in a desk calendar book (with atlas) published by American Express.
The abyssal plain on the ocean floor beneath the supposed location of this phantom island is named Emerald Basin.
==References==
*(Reference in an 1882 paper of the Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand )
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