Maps & hidden lands

New South Greenland in the Weddell Sea

Historical sighting

Evidence status

Phantom land

The alleged land was not established; mirage and navigation explanations have been considered.

Editorial assessment of this proposition; not a numeric confidence score.

Claim or proposition being examined

Benjamin Morrell reported land where later investigations found no such coast.

Limitations

Morrell’s Land is an alias, not a second entry. Specific original-source inspection remains desirable.

Scope of catalog verification

Source existence and described claim checked via web search/excerpts; not independent validation of alleged event.

Catalog review date reported: 2026-10-28. This is inherited catalog metadata, not a new verification of the linked source.

New South Greenland — modern explanatory map of reported positions

Modern explanatory diagram by Ruhrfisch, 2008–2009, marking Morrell’s reported coastline in red and other reported positions. It is not an 1823 map, a survey confirming land, or a photograph.

Ruhrfisch / Online Map Creation, 2008–2009; crop by Ras 67, 2010. Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Image source record · Reuse terms

Image rights and evidence limits

CC BY-SA 3.0 from creator; attribution and license link required, adaptations share alike.

Image existence does not prove a linked claim. Consult image-specific captions and reuse conditions.

Sources and what they support

Links document the record, the claim’s circulation, an assessment, or reuse terms as labeled. A source link is not automatically corroboration.

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