Cartographical marker at 0°N, 0°E
Wikipedia
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Null Island - Wikipedia
2 days ago - Since there is no landmass located at these coordinates, it is not an actual island. The name is often used in mapping software as a placeholder to help find and correct database entries that have erroneously been assigned the coordinates 0,0. Although "Null Island" started as a joke within ...
Stamen
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The Many Lives of Null Island - Stamen Design
August 9, 2024 - It is an imaginary island located at a real place: the coordinates of 0º latitude and 0º longitude, a location in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Africa where the Prime Meridian meets the Equator, hundreds of miles from any real dry land.
TIL about Null Island, the location at zero degrees latitude and zero degrees longitude (0°N 0°E), i.e. where the prime meridian and the equator intersect. Since there is no landmass located at these coordinates, it is not an actual island.
Why not call it "Null point" then? More on reddit.com
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June 26, 2025Null Island / Myst Island
I knew about the 'existence' of null island (after a stint of researching phantom islands a few years ago), but had no idea that people had been using Myst island's layout as a stand-in for it. Sure enough, if you do an image search for 'null island' there's a lot of landforms that are obvious recreations of Myst island, and even a few images of Myst island itself. When you think about it, it's fitting that Myst island should become Earth's own ' Great Zero '. More on reddit.com
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August 10, 2024TIL that there is a fictional island in the South Atlantic, off the west coast of Africa called 'Null Island'. Although it doesn't exist in reality, it serves as an error trap for map systems. Map enthusiasts have given the island its own history, geography and even flag.
Keep believing we don't exist foolish non-nullians, keep believing. We shall soon see who doesn't exist. More on reddit.com
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December 7, 2020TIL of Null Island, a fictional island represented by a buoy at coordinates 0,0; the point which the equator meets the prime meridian. Its used to help prevent and remedy navigational errors.
How do they anchor the buoy at that depth? Is it really tethered to the sea floor?
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October 23, 2020Videos
Where is null island?
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What's REALLY at Earth's 0,0? The Truth About Null Island! - YouTube
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What Lies at Point 0°0′ - Place Where the World Begins - YouTube
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Null Island: The Busiest Place That Doesn't Exist - YouTube
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The Most Visited Place That Doesn't Actually Exist..... - YouTube
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Why Cartographers Get Lost in Null Island - YouTube
CNN
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Null Island: How a fictional destination made it onto round-the-word cruise itineraries | CNN
3 weeks ago - For years, that mythology was strengthened by the presence of a NOAA weather observation buoy nicknamed “Soul,” anchored near 0,0. Over time, the buoy became closely associated with Null Island before it was later decommissioned in 2021. Passengers aboard the Viking Neptune wave to crew members who explored the area on a tender. ... Beneath the humor and internet folklore lies a very real issue.
Atlas Obscura
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Null Island Is a Fake Island Where the Prime Meridian and Equator Meet
August 7, 2025 - A small, tropical purgatory, far away from anywhere that matters, home to uncountable damaged and incomplete data points, stranded until they are fixed or erased. The weather is always humid, and there’s never a ship on the horizon. An entire island has been given over to the world’s untethered data. The idea almost makes you wish that Null Island was real.
LOC
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The Geographical Oddity of Null Island | Worlds Revealed
Null Island is a curious blend of real and imaginary geography, of mathematical certainty and pure fantasy. Or it’s just the site of a weather observation buoy.
IFLScience
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Null Island: The Unreal Location That Inhabits The World's Digital Maps | IFLScience
February 9, 2024 - It isn't a real island, although you could sail to its location if you wanted to.
Bloomberg
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MapLab: Inside Null Island, ‘the Most Real of Fictional Places’ - Bloomberg
May 4, 2022 - In a new paper, researchers refer to it as “the most real of fictional places.” ... The intersection of the Equator and the Prime Meridian lands somewhere west of the coast of Africa, in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean.
Big Think
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Welcome to Null Island, where lost data goes to die - Big Think
October 5, 2023 - This location, in the Gulf of Guinea, is where non-geocoded data goes to die. Recently renamed “Null Island,” it has also captured the imagination — and acquired a map and several flags.
Malorie's Adventures
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Null Island — The Story of the Island That Doesn’t Exist - Malorie's Adventures
September 3, 2024 - Null Island is located in the Atlantic Ocean at exact coordinates 0°N, 0°E. However, it's as real as Atlantis.
The Guardian
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Null Island: weather reports from place that does not exist | World news | The Guardian
June 8, 2023 - The zero-zero reading crops up frequently as an error, due to data being absent or software glitches. The fictional Null Island occupies an undistinguished patch of ocean in the Gulf of Guinea, more than 300 miles (500km) from the nearest genuine ...
Atlas Obscura
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Null Island Is One of the Most Visited Places on Earth. Too Bad It Doesn't Exist
August 7, 2025 - Null Island is a curious blend of real and imaginary geography, of mathematical certainty and pure fantasy. Or it’s just the site of a weather observation buoy.
Reddit
reddit.com › r/todayilearned › til about null island, the location at zero degrees latitude and zero degrees longitude (0°n 0°e), i.e. where the prime meridian and the equator intersect. since there is no landmass located at these coordinates, it is not an actual island.
r/todayilearned on Reddit: TIL about Null Island, the location at zero degrees latitude and zero degrees longitude (0°N 0°E), i.e. where the prime meridian and the equator intersect. Since there is no landmass located at these coordinates, it is not an actual island.
June 26, 2025 - TIL that there is a fictional island in the South Atlantic, off the west coast of Africa called 'Null Island'. Although it doesn't exist in reality, it serves as an error trap for map systems.
Medium
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The Island On Our Maps that Doesn’t Exist | by Sam Westreich, PhD | Sharing Science | Medium
April 19, 2021 - Null Island, however, is often recorded as a real place in these datasets — despite the fact that, if you sailed to its location, you’d come across nothing but water.
Nullis
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Null Island: Like No Place On Earth
The Republic of Null Island LIKE NO PLACE ON EARTH
ScienceAlert
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Welcome to Null Island, The Most 'Visited' Place on Earth That Doesn't Actually Exist : ScienceAlert
May 11, 2016 - Sure, existing seems like a prerequisite for any 'place', but it actually isn't, because one of the most 'visited' sites on Earth is an imaginary place called Null Island, located at 0°N 0°E on the map in the South Atlantic Ocean, thanks to ...
CompleteEra
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Null Island Map: Understanding the Basics - CompleteEra
May 5, 2026 - Null Island is the imaginary location at **0° latitude, 0° longitude**, where GPS coordinates fail to pinpoint a real place. It’s a humorous yet practical concept in mapping, GPS, and geospatial data—often used to highlight errors in location-based systems.
Kiddle
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Null Island facts for kids
October 17, 2025 - It's found exactly where zero degrees latitude and zero degrees longitude meet (0°N 0°E / 0°N 0°E / 0; 0). This is where the prime meridian crosses the equator. Even though it's called an "island," it's not a real piece of land.
Reddit
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r/myst on Reddit: Null Island / Myst Island
August 10, 2024 -
A deep dive into Null Island. "Null Island is a long-running inside joke among cartographers. It is an imaginary island located at a real place: the coordinates of 0° latitude and 0° longitude." Its shape is a reference to the video game Myst.
https://stamen.com/the-many-lives-of-null-island/
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I knew about the 'existence' of null island (after a stint of researching phantom islands a few years ago), but had no idea that people had been using Myst island's layout as a stand-in for it. Sure enough, if you do an image search for 'null island' there's a lot of landforms that are obvious recreations of Myst island, and even a few images of Myst island itself. When you think about it, it's fitting that Myst island should become Earth's own ' Great Zero '.
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I always thought Myst looked like the Island in the middle of crater lake
arXiv
arxiv.org › abs › 2204.08383
[2204.08383] 'I think I discovered a military base in the middle of the ocean' -- Null Island, the most real of fictional places
August 9, 2022 - View a PDF of the paper titled ... Null Island, the most real of fictional places, by Levente Juhasz and Peter Mooney View PDF · Abstract:This paper explores Null Island, a fictional place located at 0$^\circ$ latitude and ...
Reddit
reddit.com › r/todayilearned › til that there is a fictional island in the south atlantic, off the west coast of africa called 'null island'. although it doesn't exist in reality, it serves as an error trap for map systems. map enthusiasts have given the island its own history, geography and even flag.
r/todayilearned on Reddit: TIL that there is a fictional island in the South Atlantic, off the west coast of Africa called 'Null Island'. Although it doesn't exist in reality, it serves as an error trap for map systems. Map enthusiasts have given the island its own history, geography and even flag.
December 7, 2020 - The blank spaces mean that the countries there are not yet relevant to the story. Suggestions and critique is welcome. ... TIL about null island, a buoy off the coast of africa that sits on 0 longitude and 0 latitude which causes computer programs to mistaken it as a real island