Pepys Island

Pepys Island
Pepys Island in detail (William Hacke, 1699, Collection of Original Voyages)
Pepys Island depicted on an 18th-century map. Roche Island is South Georgia.
(R. W. Seale, ca. 1745, fragment)
Geography
Coordinates47°S 59°W / 47°S 59°W / -47; -59

Pepys Island /ˈpiːps/ 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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