Pepys Island

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Pepys Island is a phantom island, once said to lie about 230 nautical miles (260 mi; 430 km) north of the Falkland Islands at 47°S. Pepys Island is now believed to have been a misidentified account of the Falkland Islands.

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Image: William Hacke, in his book Collection of Original Voyages, published in London in 1699, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.