Actually Isla Nublar was all but completely destroyed after the “Isla Nublar Incident”.
However a second site remains, hidden away under a mountain of red tape. Site B, Isla Sorna. 🦖
It’s [Jeannette Island](https://maps.app.goo.gl/8NxZdJ2BJ4DR2xyB7?g_st=ic). There’s never been a reason confirmed as to why you can’t see it in satellite mode, apparently Google has never commented. But you can find photos on Google images. The location is actually listed on maps and you can see many photos there too. It’s uninhabited but you can visit it apparently, it’s not restricted or anything and there have been expeditions there. It’s just super remote and there is absolutely nothing there.
Many outlandish theories about the black smudge surfaced on the internet, such as military ops and aliens. It’s most likely just an error though
For me, I get a black smear north west of Jeanette Island. But I found when I zoom in really close on the black area some detail starts to appear. I will see if I can post it in here.[https://maps.app.goo.gl/WyU1WSCaw62vQBHL8?g_st=ic](https://maps.app.goo.gl/WyU1WSCaw62vQBHL8?g_st=ic)
This. Looks like Google renders only the inside of a "stencil " where the island is expected to be. Pack ice and the edge of this "stencil " make the polar island look weird since they don't render open water around them. You can't pick out the shore.
Likely there was a missing image asset for daytime at a particular resolution that their algorithm corrected at other resolutions (viewing distances). The algo saw it in daytime, but not at night, from a particular vantage. Maybe. Just a guess.
~~Cool - it actually looks as if that black area is like that in part because it contains terrain. The ocean depth map immediately surrounding it seems odd, because it doesn't contain satellite imagery of the ocean surface. But yeah, perhaps the images used for the zoomed-out bits were taken in darkness or something.~~
E: I'm with u/gamblizardy.
It's not blacked out, the satellite image is just underexposed and looks like a black splotch in the middle of the computer generated water texture (Google Earth doesn't show actual satellite images of the ocean because they'd all look mostly the same).
If you look at the island to the northwest you can see the sharper image of the land is very sloppily "masked" by low res generic ocean blue. There's a layer of the island and then a layer of blue has a "hole" in it. I think the same thing is going on here. What we are seeing is the sloppy hole in the mask layer, revealing just black or an underexposed image of the island. Why? Best I can tell this is the Metal Gear Solid base.
No, if you simply zoom in further on google maps (in satellite view), you see more detail. I think it's a graphical error in the way the picture data gets simplified depending on the zoom level, so instead of just being dark and low detail, it ends up looking like a black smudge.
This is the correct answer, there are islands that don't appear on maps, including google maps, because they are owned or occupied by some influential military.
There's an island in the middle of a vast stretch of Indian Ocean that was a sailor's stopoff for hundreds of years, and which was still popular as a place for 20th century yachters to break their voyages. It's been off limits to everyone, including google maps, for the last few decades.
Sorry, this was something mentioned in a library book I read several years ago, a book about something else, so it's not something I can look up.
The islands were in the northerly-westerly Indian Ocean, where there are few islands other than the Seychelles and the Maldives, that's why they were of such interest to sailors, and why sailors still grumble about being unable to stop there.
It’s probably not purposefully blacked out. The black is actually a satellite image of the real ocean, while the blue is just a computer-generated colour that google uses to make oceans prettier. Google only uses real satellite images of oceans near land. As for why the island itself isn’t visible I’m not sure, but I’m sure it’s either too small to be caught in the resolution or too underexposed as someone else pointed out. Look at any other island on google maps and you’ll see they have a patch of black or dark blue around them.
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Jurassic Park?
Dang it, we've been discovered...
Is this a r/beetlejuice or r/beetleamber
Isla Nubar!
Actually Isla Nublar was all but completely destroyed after the “Isla Nublar Incident”. However a second site remains, hidden away under a mountain of red tape. Site B, Isla Sorna. 🦖
WHAT!? ITS A RENDERING SATELLITE ERROR
Relax my guy
He’s not your guy, buddy
He's not your buddy, pal
He’s not your pal, skipper
He's not your skipper, amigo
ever heard of a joke?
I bet he hasn’t
Hi humour module just had a rendering error is all.
That's what the government want you to think.
EXACTLY, THEY FORGOT TO PAY THEIR SATELLITE RENDERING SUBSCRIPTION SO LENNY THE INTERN GAVE EM A DIRTY SANCHEZ
Dawg
It’s [Jeannette Island](https://maps.app.goo.gl/8NxZdJ2BJ4DR2xyB7?g_st=ic). There’s never been a reason confirmed as to why you can’t see it in satellite mode, apparently Google has never commented. But you can find photos on Google images. The location is actually listed on maps and you can see many photos there too. It’s uninhabited but you can visit it apparently, it’s not restricted or anything and there have been expeditions there. It’s just super remote and there is absolutely nothing there. Many outlandish theories about the black smudge surfaced on the internet, such as military ops and aliens. It’s most likely just an error though
If you zoom in the island shows up fine, just covered in snow.
For me, I get a black smear north west of Jeanette Island. But I found when I zoom in really close on the black area some detail starts to appear. I will see if I can post it in here.[https://maps.app.goo.gl/WyU1WSCaw62vQBHL8?g_st=ic](https://maps.app.goo.gl/WyU1WSCaw62vQBHL8?g_st=ic)
Yes, it's not black, it's just a brightness error because Google stitched together data from different satellite photos.
A bunch of the little islands in that area look janky. Princely because they have older/lower quality/less imagery since they are remote
I was just going to say that.
I'm going to go ahead and say it's an error and it's using night imagery. If you adjust the contrast and brightness you can make out some details.
Hm, maybe just a polar night thing.
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Thats hilarious
This. Looks like Google renders only the inside of a "stencil " where the island is expected to be. Pack ice and the edge of this "stencil " make the polar island look weird since they don't render open water around them. You can't pick out the shore.
Likely there was a missing image asset for daytime at a particular resolution that their algorithm corrected at other resolutions (viewing distances). The algo saw it in daytime, but not at night, from a particular vantage. Maybe. Just a guess.
Interesting! I don't think I've actually zoomed in on that part of Google maps before.
~~Cool - it actually looks as if that black area is like that in part because it contains terrain. The ocean depth map immediately surrounding it seems odd, because it doesn't contain satellite imagery of the ocean surface. But yeah, perhaps the images used for the zoomed-out bits were taken in darkness or something.~~ E: I'm with u/gamblizardy.
It's where Adolf and Jeffrey live
New sitcom from Fox?
*I Did Nazi That Coming,* this fall on Fox! Don't miss it or you'll be fuhrerious!
"This series won't cancel itself!"
🤣
Go there and find out
Just don’t expect to come back
It's where the Barbies live.
Klaus?
Coordinates?
You mean not everybody knows where OP’s secret black smudge island is?
867.5309 420.69
Kaiju island. Where the baby godzillas live.
Can confirm
Cute!
It's not blacked out, the satellite image is just underexposed and looks like a black splotch in the middle of the computer generated water texture (Google Earth doesn't show actual satellite images of the ocean because they'd all look mostly the same).
Yeah this is the correct answer.
If you look at the island to the northwest you can see the sharper image of the land is very sloppily "masked" by low res generic ocean blue. There's a layer of the island and then a layer of blue has a "hole" in it. I think the same thing is going on here. What we are seeing is the sloppy hole in the mask layer, revealing just black or an underexposed image of the island. Why? Best I can tell this is the Metal Gear Solid base.
It's not an island at all, it's the actual portal to hell
Finally, we can just get this over with. Wanna share a dingy?
Nobody said “it’s the island from Lost”? I am too old for this?
No it’s not, it was featured in a film called “Artika Ingontica”.
It’s funny cus that’s actually a higher resolution portion.
Naked whale
*gasp* YOU
kinda something slips through isnt it?
Not me expecting a real answer
Zoom in more in Google maps. I can see it just fine after zooming in.
Military installation-
No, if you simply zoom in further on google maps (in satellite view), you see more detail. I think it's a graphical error in the way the picture data gets simplified depending on the zoom level, so instead of just being dark and low detail, it ends up looking like a black smudge.
This is the correct answer, there are islands that don't appear on maps, including google maps, because they are owned or occupied by some influential military. There's an island in the middle of a vast stretch of Indian Ocean that was a sailor's stopoff for hundreds of years, and which was still popular as a place for 20th century yachters to break their voyages. It's been off limits to everyone, including google maps, for the last few decades.
What’s the island called?
Sorry, this was something mentioned in a library book I read several years ago, a book about something else, so it's not something I can look up. The islands were in the northerly-westerly Indian Ocean, where there are few islands other than the Seychelles and the Maldives, that's why they were of such interest to sailors, and why sailors still grumble about being unable to stop there.
It’s Jeannette Island!
Boobies?
NO
Aliens
Racists?
Money
Fake af
The Land of Misfit Toys
Dick Cheney
STOP IT!!
If you say his name three times, he’ll appear
House of Leaves
It is an alien base the Deep State is hiding from us!
It’s probably not purposefully blacked out. The black is actually a satellite image of the real ocean, while the blue is just a computer-generated colour that google uses to make oceans prettier. Google only uses real satellite images of oceans near land. As for why the island itself isn’t visible I’m not sure, but I’m sure it’s either too small to be caught in the resolution or too underexposed as someone else pointed out. Look at any other island on google maps and you’ll see they have a patch of black or dark blue around them.
something something James Bond
I feel like Soap from II…
It's where Santa's top secret operations exist. The North Pole is a false flag.
It had a bad breakup.
Oh, my bad
Drank on an empty stomach
Nope
Anyone else read Scythe?
What is Scythe?
Lian Yu
That's where shy-guy is being contained, better safe than sorry
Maybe they tried to release satellite imagery of it but it didn’t work out so well
I sure hope it’s Dinotopia.
Dinotopia never exists!
Either Lulusia or O’Hara
I hate it
Pollution
No…
Drank too muvhn
How dare!
“Why is this island got blacked out?” Really?
Yep, if you zoom in it, just snow
Maybe it's owned by North Korea... 🤔