“Jeannette”: the mysterious Russian island hidden by Google Maps since 1980 and which sparked conspiracy theories

The discovery of a remote frozen piece of land owned by Russia, which appears to be “censored” by Google Maps, has managed to trigger a large number of conspiracy theories developed by users around the world.

Baptized as the island “Jeannette”Measuring just 1.2 square miles or about 3 square kilometers in length, it is part of the De Long Island archipelago in the East Siberian Sea, a sort of marginal body of water in the Arctic Ocean.

The images of the said island, provided to Google by The International Batymetric Chart of the Arctic Ocean, present a huge irregular spot above the frozen block, which due to its low opacity does not allow you to see what is below.

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After the discovery, netizens began to speculate. All kinds of suggestions have taken place. Among them, the one the black dot was hiding a secret Russian military base, radar or naval station. Even until the island is inhabited by aliens.

On Reddit, a user by the name of exoplanetaryscience wrote, “Google rarely does this kind of action for no reason. A Google Earth search shows that the image was permanently censored, even in the 1980s.“.

Then he shared the notion of many other “conspiranoids” assuming that in that specific area there is “a hidden Russian military base, perhaps quite large for that.” However, there is no evidence to prove it.

What do we know about Île Jeannette?

Jeannette It was discovered in 1881 during an expedition Led by US Navy officer and explorer George E. De Long, in an unsuccessful effort to reach the North Pole through the Bering Strait.

Long it had become trapped in thick ice near Herald Island and, while floating, it approached Jeannette Island. Explorers they took refuge on the uninhabited island, they named it after their ship, the USS Jeannette, and took possession of it.

However, after the Imperial Arctic Ocean Hydrographic Expedition of 1910-1915, Russia publicly announced that Jeannette, along with other arctic islands, it was their territory. For some reason, the United States has not contested the island claim.

Unlike the masking done by Google Earth or Google Maps, The island can be seen on low-resolution satellite images of the area on other sites, such as Bing Maps, according to the Investigative Journalism website. Bellingcat.

The photos that could be captured by these satellites were compared to those taken during an expedition to the islands of the East Siberian Sea. The two coincide and show that it is a “completely uninhabited” island..

Not wanting to let the myth die, the IBCAO company will merge its efforts with the Nippon Foundation-GEBCO-Seabed 2030 project with the aim of develop a database that unravel the mysteries of the world’s seabed by 2030.

JFG / ED