Maps & hidden lands

Royal Company Islands

Historical sighting

Evidence status

Phantom islands

Subsequent investigation did not substantiate the reported group.

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

Claim or proposition being examined

Charts retained a purported island group in the Southern Ocean.

Limitations

Separate named discovery history, not a Nimrod alias.

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.

Royal Company Islands on a 1912 chart

Royal Company Islands: cropped detail from the 1912 Süd-Polar-Karte. This documents the name on a historical chart, not a confirmed island. Original question marks, tracks and grid are retained; full sheet supplied for context.

August Petermann; corrected by Hermann Habenicht; engraved by Carl Böhmer. Süd-Polar-Karte, Stielers Hand-Atlas, J. Perthes, Gotha, 1912. Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division, LCCN 2002624041.

Image source record · Reuse terms

Image rights and evidence limits

Exact LOC resource: Geography and Map Division digitized collections free to use/reuse unless a contrary advisory; none present.

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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