Images, clips & hoaxes

Giant Antarctic staircase or landing installation

image interpretation

Evidence status

unsupported interpretation

These are competing readings of one image, consolidated as one entry rather than counted separately.

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

A 2017 image was interpreted as constructed steps, a landing site, or underground ventilation rather than terrain.

These are competing readings of one image, consolidated as one entry rather than counted separately.

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

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claim documentationhttps://satnews.com/2017/01/12/google-earth-images-of-antarctica-stairs-to-where/

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