Mysterious ‘black hole’ spotted on Google maps

Internet sleuths have been unable to decide what a “black hole” visible on Google Maps is, after it was first revealed by a Reddit user.
The black hole, which has three sides, was shared on Reddit last week by Kokoblocks who wrote: “what the F*** this looks nothing like an island”.
Redditors went on to discuss whether or not the black hole was in fact an island, a portal to another world or a secret military base.
Many searched Google Maps to find the black hole, which eventually turned out to be an atoll belonging to the Republic of Kirabiti, known as Vostok Island.
As Live Science reported, Google often blurs out military sites and other “secret” locations to avoid disclosing information about the whereabouts of such sites, which can lead to speculation about a “black hole”.
“My first thought was that it’s censored,” a Reddit user wrote. “It wouldn’t make sense for a natural formation to be black like that in such a shallow, small atoll/island.”
A number of Reddit users realised that the black hole was actually Vostok Island – an allegedly unihabited atoll about 2,280 kilomteres (3,902 miles) east of Sydney, Australia.
“Could maybe be an underground volcano which is what causes the blackness, assuming it isn’t a hole. Most likely igneous rock,” speculated another Reddit user, who turned out to be almost right.
According toNational Geographic, Vostok is one of five atolls in the southern Line Islands in the Pacific Ocean, and are rarely visited by humans.
The chain of islands are also incredibly diverse, both on and off-shore.

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[therealf.b.i]

It's a forest you can see the outline of the tree a little bit 😐 btw the picture of Vostok Island black hole was taken back in 2009

[MrXsavageX]

I remember finding this island along time ago< about 11-12 years ago when google earth first came out. I was unable to find it again but its out in the middle of the pacific ocean. it wasn't blacked out them, it had a radio tower in the center, a large house/building a dock and a small air strip on it. looked like a private island.

[slicksilver]

It's not a black hole. The dark spot is foliage and thick trees, brush. The the outer is a sandbar...so it is an island

[swettyspaghtti]

What tha fuch is an "atall" . turns out it is nothing atall

[Mjtjr]

Why is it blurd out all around the island though.

[KrewFAMOUS]

It's a dark forest it's not a black hole

[GoobTwisted]

About the Vostok Island:

It’s not an actual Blackhole island, it’s a real island that full with trees and plants. Due to the blackened image, it could be burned island or any. This island were surrounded by 15 sharks and many dangerous sea creatures. That means someone can get there with any helicopters or planes. Surely that does looks like burned island

[kennethbrunstein]

Under water looks like a triangle spaceship

[luizsantana]

Isso aí que os cientistas teria que investigar.
Isso nunca foi uma ilha
Está muito parecido um triângulo bem perfeito.pode ser algo

[BigDaddy-vrut]

What’s the latitude and longitude gps numbers. Why did you put that crap in your vidoe??

[eglantinepapeau]

ppl are so dumb " a portal to another world" 🙄

[mynameis.]

If it is a hole. You know.
Just like Antarctica, huge hole within the hallow earth the leads to the deeper layer of earth.

[iPeerCloud]

i think i saw picures of this island in a ww2 dokumetain about us and japan sea and air fights.

[hakenkreuz]

It's a military ARV surfacing from underneath the ocean

[HilosConLiamcitoYSusAmigos]

Bro, i think that is not a black hole, i think are the *trees*

[michelvanh]

En zoomant très fort, il apparaît clairement qu'il s'agit d'un incendie qui a détruit la forêt naturelle, avec vent soufflant depuis l'est, épargnant ainsi les quelques arbres du côté est de l'île. Facteur déclenchant : la foudre

Zooming very much, it becomes clear that this is a fire that destroyed the natural forest, with wind blowing from the east, sparing the few trees on the east side of the island. Triggering factor: lightning

[BigDaddy-vrut]

It’s actually does 0:19 look like a island. It look like Rapa Nui (Easter Island )

[ukaszstanisawowski]

To Polska, w takiej dupie jesteśmy xD

[POVmousegaming]

bruh the image of the vostok island is bright-

[youtubeuser-bvrt]

My first thought was that it was the end of the 360 point if you look at a real 360 picture and look down you can see a 360 end erea were the camera can’t presses the image in that erea