Los Jardines

Coordinates: 21°40′N 151°35′E / 21.667°N 151.583°E / 21.667; 151.583[1]
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This article is about the phantom islands. For other uses, see Los Jardines (disambiguation).

21°40′N 151°35′E / 21.667°N 151.583°E / 21.667; 151.583[1]

Los Jardines or Los Buenos Jardines[2] (Spanish for "the good gardens") are phantom islands supposedly located northeast of the Mariana Islands.

The islands were reportedly visited by Spanish explorers

Marcus Islands. In 1973, the International Hydrographic Organization removed them from its charts.[2]

Maps showing Los Jardines
  • An 1806 British map showing two possible locations of (Los) Jardines northeast of the Mariana Islands
    An 1806 British map showing two possible locations of (Los) Jardines northeast of the Mariana Islands
  • An 1891 German map showing Los Jardines (Marshall) in the Anson Archipelago, northeast of the Mariana Islands and northwest of the Marshall Islands
    An 1891 German map showing Los Jardines (Marshall) in the Anson Archipelago, northeast of the Mariana Islands and northwest of the Marshall Islands
  • An 1899 British map showing Los Jardines northeast of the Marianas and northwest of the Marshalls
    An 1899 British map showing Los Jardines northeast of the Marianas and northwest of the Marshalls
  • A 1932 German map showing northeast of the Marianas and northwest of the Marshalls
    A 1932 German map showing northeast of the Marianas and northwest of the Marshalls

References

  1. ^ a b International Hydrographic Review, Volume 67. 1990. p. 165.
  2. ^ a b "These Imaginary Islands Only Existed on Maps". 2017-12-09. Archived from the original on December 9, 2017. Retrieved 2018-03-09.
  3. ISBN 0-7748-0210-3
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  4. ISBN 9780824816438 P. 16: "The island group, which the Spaniards called Los Jardines,...cannot be identified with certainty, but the likeliest candidates seem to be Enewetak and Bikini..."; P. 19:
    "[Villalobos and crew] reached another atoll, also in the Marshalls, which they thought to be Saavedra's Los Jardines."
  5. ^ International Hydrographic Review, Volume 67. 1990. P. 165: "In 1529, Alvaro de Saavedra reported the discovery of two small islands about 375 miles northeast of the Mariana Islands. He gave to these the name Los Buenos Jardines. ... About 14 years later, Villalobos reported sighting in the same general location a small group of islands he also called Los Jardines. ... The location of these groups was between latitude 21° and 22° North and in longitude 153° East."


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