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Islands-”ghosts” in the southern waters
There are many examples of geographical “closed” in the vast oceans. Especially a lot of them had to do in his priantarkticheskih waters.
For several reasons. First, it incorrectly identifies the position of an object in the ocean.Secondly, the icebergs were deceptive appearance. A perfect example of the first – Bouvet Island. This single rock has been turned by sailors of centuries past in a arhipelag.Kitolovy, maneuvering in dense fog, could only roughly determine its position in the ocean.  Therefore, returning repeatedly to the same place, they are unaware that taking the land in sight for the new island and each time it was applied to the card.
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