Google Earth: Strange Island

[GrindThatTable]

Ever hear of the Maldives?

[skeilak]

Nice example of a fairly typical coral atoll.

A volcano builds up an ash and cinder cone, then coral reefs form around its base.

Over time, the volcano dies, and the soft ash cone erodes away, leaving behind these circular coral reefs, which, over time, often break the surface, and form little islands.

The bigger ones often have an abandoned aircraft landing strip, and a few rusty buildings, left over from World War 2.

[skeez86]

a youtube video with google earth? must be another "I found atlantis in my cornflakes" video.

[Death1458100]

@noangel9172 You have struck my curiosity so if you could tell me where to find this program online that would be awesome.

[mamamonster2011]

i was really lookin forward to the wave so u get a dislike for that

[Ernestoawesome]

this is the lost island from journey 2

[drogusoft]

its a koopa beach track from mario kart on snes

[andricusb]

somebody's hideout

[MLGiNocturnalZ]

ITS A FUCKING ISLAND WHO GIVES A SHIT

[ViktorMADDKirov]

Gee, maybe its not so strange IF ITS ON GOOGLE EARTH! ya, land just happens to form sometimes, the worlds weird like that

[joeldavidlauver]

has anyone been to this island? seems like someone should go

[McLovin9237]

looks like the bikini atoll where they tested atomic bombs in the 40's. nothing strange about it, just beautiful and radioactive

[mercanaries3]

@McLovin9237

atom bombs and nukes don't exist they are to scare us.

according to the nuke conspiracy

[MrSqurk]

@mercanaries3 Well the physics behind them holds, So that means someone would build one. That conspiracy make no sense.

[mercanaries3]

@MrSqurk

LOL....how can they debate that when Japan suffered radiation poisoning?.

[MrSqurk]

@mercanaries3 Youtube has some of the most ridiculous conspiracy theories.

[mercanaries3]

@MrSqurk

Well they didn't start on youtube =\ they started way before

[ScopedPewPew]

@mercanaries3 Are you fucking retarded?

[mercanaries3]

@ScopedPewPew

You're the retard...conspiracies were around before youtube.

OKAY? AHA

[ScopedPewPew]

@mercanaries3 What? I never said that conspiracies didn't exist before youtube. You're just a fucking idiot, if you think that nukes don't exist. Lol.

[mercanaries3]

@ScopedPewPew

You are the biggest MORON ever.

1) I said that these conspiracies were around before youtube

2) You said stupid shit.

[killalangdon]

I believe that is The Great Blue Hole, located near Ambergris Caye, Belize..

@bustabusts You're talking about Hiroshima? lol

[killalangdon]

@killalangdon typo they did a few A-Bombs but this isn't it it didn't put those cities underwater.

[joeldavidlauver]

@killalangdon it's not the great blue hole. that is MUCH smaller

[bustabusts]

and it was a jap airbase in WW2 . It use to have people on it but the usa moved them. then we hit it with an A-bomb

[DoggieBad]

that looks like a meteor created that island a really long time ago

[CGSgt2]

That the island from Cast Away!

[starfinder79]

its cool if you post something that is truley strange or that would never been seen by most except on google earth but this is a common and a well documented natural occurance. They are beutiful but not strange. Do your homework. You should have learned about atolls in middle school high school at the latest.

[Mrbiggerthanlife]

It is an atoll, caused by large volcano retreating and leaving behind the fringing coral reef, which then continues to grow.

[morgulbrut]

@Mrbiggerthanlife came her to write this ;)

[TheDXPower]

That is the Atoll of Bikini. They tested Atomic Bombs there.

[KsHoOt3r7]

oh kurwa

[ImEpicRoblox]

ever heard of the island of editing?

[Mojotronic]

don't make a vid of my home...i got a right on a bit of privat! XD

[diegonikki]

nuke test site ?

[jaxblum761]

um did they play remember the name? NO

[Nizzemancer]

So fucking stupid... Why don't you make a video of Mount Everest in google earth and call it "strange rock-formation" while you're at it?

[TheDrewpdog]

An atoll Reef formation... Quite common

[boostedpsi99]

ya i finally got top comment! and now second top comment :D

[runlarryrun77]

Its just a coral reef.

[chabaka600006]

lost

[WshaneZ3105]

LOL the sea between the islands look likes space

[lucky7skywalker]

they got street map?

[gs199]

Frozen wave

[monepende1]

lol @boostedpsi99

[tojers]

es un atolon, no tiene nada de extraño.

[urtisberea]

cual es la extrañeza?



[SphinctersForever]

It's "strange" I agree, but they are quite common. These atolls exist in most of the warm oceans and several countries (including the US, France, the UK, etc.) have military installations on many of them. They have proved invaluable for near-equatorial rocket launches and for keeping sensitive equipment and tests far from the problems associated with installations on the mainlands, near the countries' citizen populations and cities.

[SchraySchray1223]

"LOST"

[huskerdude17]

I always wondered where the Lost island was...

[peash24]

Its so pretty :D

[cchanderson]

They are called Atoll's, there are thousands of them. They have been around for a billion years. I think it's time to go back to 7th grade science but this time open your text book.

[noangel9172]

@cchanderson There is no need for snarky comments.

[thunderhorse1000]

i find nothing strange here wtf are you talking about?

[cookieboy83]

Look like Manihiki in the Cook Islands

[boostedpsi99]

like this if you got here from the frozen wave

[TheSeeean]

@boostedpsi99 happens when you enter "that part of youtube" ,any way im off too secret places in google earth, mite see you there.

[tayosean]

@boostedpsi99 lol...

[boostedpsi99]

@tayosean dont laugh at me

[msstargirl24]

@boostedpsi99 Lol Frozen wave surfin, could be a new sport soon

[OnyxianHeart]

@boostedpsi99 LOL

[Ryio5]

wow dude its a frickin atoll. kinda like wake island in the marshall islands

[elton1981]

Its an atoll. I think thats a sunken volcano

[Killdozer85]

kinda looks like wake island but without the erosion

[RCRmacaulay]

And the "strange" part was?????

[HenryHank15]

@RCRmacaulay the strange part was the water in the middle

[eastoftown]

golf course

[Corkoth55]

it's called a fucking lagoon.

[bexovbirmz]

its called a strange island that you could try and visit and see? LOL i wanna go!

[LADYGaGaPRO1]

im 11 and i want to be a scientist... i know what is it,last time, the middle of it was a volcano, and erupted, and by some reasons(i forgot), the volcano sank, leaving the beach behind...so it is ring shaped.

[MrStillhot]

itsthe island midway

[SkooledINC]

called an atoll lol

[uJustGotPwnedLol]

In that weird part of youtube again...

[xwseiferwx]

it's called palmerston island

[mrEuthjr]

wake island!

[WailinRaknar]

Not sure if troll, or just dumb.



[pokalen]

Yo dawg i heard you like seas so we put a sea in your sea so you can swim while you swim.

[jsmatos77]

Its an Atoll. Very common in Polynesia.

[MrRscw]

@jsmatos77 DUDE IM FROM NW ZEALAND U FLY OVER SEAS U SEE THESE EVERY 10 MINS THUMBS UP IF IM RIGHT

[nuclus]

@jsmatos77 so if it wasn't a ring it would be an archipelago right?

[Minsheme]

why so many dislikes?

[Andreas2602]

It's a large vulcano or a mountain, which have been destroyed by time, when it was going down (Took 1000's of years) it pushed up the sand and dirt from the bottom

[Drmadman1333]

That's a atoll

[DeathlySoulsPking]

these islands attracts jaws ! (Not joking whas on discovery channel :) )

[TheDonZor]

Polinezja Francuska



[LordAidenWolf]

It's called an 'Atoll' and almost the entirety of Micronesia is made up of them.

[IexoPeoa]

...It's an Atoll... They're very common, especially in the Pacific.

[icametosaypoop]

Fucking hell. Tell Jack the smoke monster might escape.

[Jacksmedulaoblongada]

Called an atoll, not weird at all but really common...

[thegreenhatguy]

ITS CALLED AN ATOLL 

[apeek7]

It is one of the Cook Islands... Its name is Palmerston and it is a medium sized, low-lying atoll formation of the Southern Cook Islands, It is located 500 km to the northwest of Rarotonga and 360 km west-northwest from Aitutaki. Although Palmerston is a member of the Southern group, it lies far to the west of the other members of the southern islands — physically it has more common with the islands to the north...

[FluffableWuffable]

It is a hidden island that was used for for the series Lost

[groterichard]

@FluffableWuffable lol i going to buy it xd

[Jk8Z]

Yay. It's round. Well done ya friggin numpty.

[Strictlypointless]

That just makes me want to go there.

[fprrtp6]

Welcome to 1602AD

[r3bol]

Lol at the wikipedia entry...

The population consists of approximately fifty inhabitants, all descended from an Englishman named William Marsters

[XivilaiAnaxes]

This is the Location for Google maps -18.084506,-163.175855

[XivilaiAnaxes]

That is Palmerston Island, it is the outer edges of a dormant volcano , the inner "pool" is the mouth of the beast. and also if Googe Earths water layering system is correct, This island is submerged under the ocean except for a few points on it.

[realill707]

Nice to know they finally found my house on the map. Now pizza hut cant complain when they say im not in their area.

[TXHOSS10]

Look it's a....... star????????

[GhettoSage]

But yeah its just an atoll

[GhettoSage]

Yo dawg, I heard you like Beaches!

[gurlynd4]

That strange island is called an atoll. 

[brickbuddy]

isnt that the island from lost?

[guildofshades]

@brickbuddy lost was filmed in hawii

[brickbuddy]

@guildofshades 1.was just joking and i assume you mean hawaii?

[pokepiano123]

This island is either located in the south sandwich islands, or french poleneysia.

[hozer213]

Fanning island..

[unexplored13]

This guy, Barack Obama, he thinks there are 57 states in the USA.... Also, he's never had a real job in his entire life. NO management experience or anything. So, let's quit being political.

[spankiespeedo]

Honestly, at least the publisher shows curiosity in the world. I'm assuming that most of you are American. Have you seen your Republican candidates for president struggle to identify Lybia on a map? Sheesh! This person is educating themselves. And no, its not a sandbar or a sunken mountain - its a coral Atol. It's made out of the dead skeletons of millions od coral polyps that collect to form an island over millions of years...

[unexplored13]

@spankiespeedo Obama thinks there are 57 states in the USA. Everyone mess's up with all those camera's in ur face.

[princessemobitch1]

this is true....i once found this weird looking...island

[invisiblespandex]

They're places where huge mountains were millions of years ago - the mountain caused to sing of its own weight - the rest is history

[kirkuapina]

give idiot use google earth... this shit is the result.

[aremisasling]

it's an atol. They're basically coral reefs, and all of them look pretty much just like that, complete with the big lagoon in the middle. Go look at the Great Barrier Reef, there's tons of them. Quite a few of the Polynesian and Micronesian islands and nations are on atols. They make for great diving.

[karendeare]

thanks for sharing….



[gaz845]

wow..you have found an island...great job!!! you should go and have a little nap now as you've had enough excitment for one day..

[es93mw2]

haha Polska xD .!! Pisze Co to jest ?! xdddd lol

[khunag]

@es93mw2 Jest napisane.

[feathergurly]

I remember someone telling me to search 'Christmas Island" on Google Earth and it came up as a Reindeer-shaped island. I don't know if it's real or not..

[physcoticjim123]

dumbass hav u evr heard of a sandbar

[maenjuh]

Dumbass haven´t you ever seen an atol? Next time go southwards from Hawaii and find Kiribati. It´s strange indeed man. BTW, this comment was sent from Scandinavia... Learn to use Google and do your homework, especially in geography. Oh yeah, Scandinavia is a suburb near LA.

[zolxo]

@maenjuh BTW miks servaat kaikki youtubes?

[TheMrBlinx]

It was probably a volcano that blew itself apart. It's a lot like Krakatoa (sp), "East of Java".

[Mrfantasticbob]

Looks like the island in mario kart

[lizzybear2011]

it is brumuda ipol island

[darthdemain]

It was most lily a young island forming but for some reason the volcanic activity ceased and we were left with this ting atol

[Syllaren]

how do you classify dual waterfront property o.o

[RunninRebelBen]

The Isle of Tortuga...must be the tale of Captain Jack Sparrow.

[jestoneman]

bora bora?



[heathsfavs]

collapsed volcano?

[AwesomeIsMyNameBRO]

its bikini bottom duhhh!!!

[PerilHit]

It's Bikini Atol

[Bagelstorm]

I want to go fishing there!

[SrLeon420]

its a resort for rich people.

[RandomCoked]

it's a bloody lagoon, and it's not strange; it's beautiful!

[GeTsUmSwAg]

a nuke hit that

[wesside0yes]

O my god! What kind of an island is that! It's 2D!

[inuyasharocks333]

Its a beach within a beach.....0.0 beachseption

[Dinozstyle]

@inuyasharocks333 Xibit

[inuyasharocks333]

@Dinozstyle Yo dog i heard you like beaches so we put a beach within a beach so you can tan while you tan

[kristjanarn]

@inuyasharocks333 lol

[adamnfoool]

wow thank you

[PrehistoricThesaurus]

Its an island that is VERY much NOT shaped like your everyday island. Stop hating on the guy all you inconsiderate assholes.

[Terragen]

Looks like an atoll.

[ozjenva]

This person is unaware of what an atoll is in the Pacific ocean?

[ElectricLychee]

oh my good, that is so strange, an island, wtf?

[TailsDoll478]

It's Shy Guy Beach you silly geese.

[Raghoooda70]

such islans are created after nuclear bomb testing has been done under them.

[Nickthe69BEAST]

That looks pretty fucking sick...

[Mrhugh2011]

cool... a island

[mrwhocares1814]

wtf it's atoll?! (UK geography lessons don't teach such things)

[TinyLittleSilver]

Palmerston Island...

[BackOff414]

its an Atoll

[ruben932000]

it's a island of chocobo gold ..

[MrTrixing]

Atoll.



[MissErinable]

@dpattiris that is funny i like that comment! i think i saw him on Rules of Engagement on thur nov 17

[MissErinable]

it looks like Wake Island

[whisper198]

I believe that's called an archipelago. In the words of the wannabe gangsters, GETCHA IQ UP!

[TheJubalicous]

MARIO KART!!!!!

[JavaSpitLava]

@TheJubalicous HAHAHA

[chuckbyf1]

Uhh, they don't call that an island.

[TheBookKeeper203]

That place looks beautiful, I'm putting it on a list of places I want to visit. So far the list consists of every country,city and island that I am currently aware of it's existence.

[dalas1985]

se llama atolo