# Look what I found. **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [December 27, 2008, 8:43pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/look-what-i-found/60362 "2008-12-27T20:43:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![FSANE](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fsane/32/5234_2.png) [@FSANE](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/FSANE)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2008, 8:43pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/look-what-i-found/60362/1 "2008-12-27T20:43:25Z")
[http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&saddr=&daddr=-40.349679,-9.880598&hl=en&geocode=&mra=mi&mrsp=0&sz=18&sll=-40.349377,-9.880496&sspn=0.003614,0.008261&ie=UTF8&ll=-37.067103,-12.310846&spn=0.003784,0.008261&t=h&z=18](http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&saddr=&daddr=-40.349679,-9.880598&hl=en&geocode=&mra=mi&mrsp=0&sz=18&sll=-40.349377,-9.880496&sspn=0.003614,0.008261&ie=UTF8&ll=-37.067103,-12.310846&spn=0.003784,0.008261&t=h&z=18) (Make sure you Zoom Out Slowly.) I swear nothing will pop out. Seriously, who the hell lives there? what island is that? who owns it? lol I have so many questions. ---
**Author:** ![Karter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e480ec/32.png) [@Karter](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Karter)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2008, 8:44pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/look-what-i-found/60362/2 "2008-12-27T20:44:44Z")
check for a birds eye view on msn maps. ---
**Author:** ![turbo\_ls1\_ss](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/turbo_ls1_ss/32/7303_2.png) [@turbo\_ls1\_ss](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/turbo_ls1_ss)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2008, 8:46pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/look-what-i-found/60362/3 "2008-12-27T20:46:59Z")
im kinda confused as to the significance? lots of people live on islands ---
**Author:** ![2TurboZ](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/2turboz/32/7577_2.png) [@2TurboZ](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/2TurboZ)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2008, 8:50pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/look-what-i-found/60362/4 "2008-12-27T20:50:52Z")
:gotme: ---
**Author:** ![Roush97](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/roush97/32/7424_2.png) [@Roush97](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Roush97)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2008, 8:55pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/look-what-i-found/60362/5 "2008-12-27T20:55:54Z")
talk about being in the middle of know where. ---
**Author:** ![JDMSIR](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jdmsir/32/7376_2.png) [@JDMSIR](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JDMSIR)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2008, 8:57pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/look-what-i-found/60362/6 "2008-12-27T20:57:28Z")
Is it supposed to be a tit or something you are looking at when you zoom out? ---
**Author:** ![sureshot](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/sureshot/32/7578_2.png) [@sureshot](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/sureshot)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2008, 8:58pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/look-what-i-found/60362/7 "2008-12-27T20:58:49Z")
> [@Roush97](#): > > talk about being in the middle of know where. no, where? I agree with the OP. I think it’s cool and would like to know more! ---
**Author:** ![FSANE](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fsane/32/5234_2.png) [@FSANE](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/FSANE)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2008, 9:04pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/look-what-i-found/60362/8 "2008-12-27T21:04:53Z")
So that’s where island of “lost” moved. :lol: Can’t wait for the next season. ---
**Author:** ![jetlounge](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jetlounge/32/4994_2.png) [@jetlounge](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/jetlounge)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2008, 9:05pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/look-what-i-found/60362/9 "2008-12-27T21:05:24Z")
how many islands did you zoom in on before finding this needle in the haystack? ---
**Author:** ![FSANE](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fsane/32/5234_2.png) [@FSANE](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/FSANE)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2008, 9:06pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/look-what-i-found/60362/10 "2008-12-27T21:06:36Z")
> [@jetlounge](#): > > how many islands did you zoom in on before finding this needle in the haystack? I was looking at this map: [http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d9/Football\_world\_popularity.png](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d9/Football_world_popularity.png) ![http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d9/Football_world_popularity.png](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/3X/b/9/b93f0681a788f42f6e662efd025c3b02b3d2dfee.png) And there are couple of dots there in the south. ---
**Author:** ![Penfold](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/penfold/32/5007_2.png) [@Penfold](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Penfold)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2008, 9:10pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/look-what-i-found/60362/11 "2008-12-27T21:10:36Z")
[http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&saddr=&daddr=-40.349679,-9.880598&hl=en&geocode=&mra=mi&mrsp=0&sz=18&sll=-40.349377,-9.880496&sspn=0.003614,0.008261&ie=UTF8&t=h&ll=-40.348932,-9.880389&spn=0.002874,0.006341&z=18](http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&saddr=&daddr=-40.349679,-9.880598&hl=en&geocode=&mra=mi&mrsp=0&sz=18&sll=-40.349377,-9.880496&sspn=0.003614,0.008261&ie=UTF8&t=h&ll=-40.348932,-9.880389&spn=0.002874,0.006341&z=18) missle silo, helicopter pad? ---
**Author:** ![Roush97](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/roush97/32/7424_2.png) [@Roush97](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Roush97)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2008, 9:11pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/look-what-i-found/60362/12 "2008-12-27T21:11:20Z")
> [@FSANE](#): > > So that’s where island of “lost” moved. :lol: > > Can’t wait for the next season. jan 21st :ohyeah: ---
**Author:** ![jetlounge](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jetlounge/32/4994_2.png) [@jetlounge](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/jetlounge)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2008, 9:11pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/look-what-i-found/60362/13 "2008-12-27T21:11:28Z")
neat find. I followed a few of the roads they made, one took me to the western part of the island. fewer buildings, but more expansive…looks like farming area. maybe that’s where they grow the soylent green. The coordinates are -37.088552,-12.333945 ---
**Author:** ![FSANE](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fsane/32/5234_2.png) [@FSANE](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/FSANE)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2008, 9:15pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/look-what-i-found/60362/14 "2008-12-27T21:15:20Z")
> [@Roush97](#): > > jan 21st > :ohyeah: hahaha thats why I got my DVR yesterday ---
**Author:** ![jetlounge](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jetlounge/32/4994_2.png) [@jetlounge](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/jetlounge)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2008, 9:19pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/look-what-i-found/60362/15 "2008-12-27T21:19:32Z")
**Residences:** [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&saddr=&daddr=-40.349679,-9.880598&hl=en&geocode=&mra=mi&mrsp=0&sz=18&sll=-40.349377,-9.880496&sspn=0.003614,0.008261&ie=UTF8&ll=-37.067103,-12.310846&spn=0.003784,0.008261&t=h&z=18](http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&saddr=&daddr=-40.349679,-9.880598&hl=en&geocode=&mra=mi&mrsp=0&sz=18&sll=-40.349377,-9.880496&sspn=0.003614,0.008261&ie=UTF8&ll=-37.067103,-12.310846&spn=0.003784,0.008261&t=h&z=18) **Weed Farms:** http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&saddr=&daddr=-40.349679,-9.880598&hl=en&geocode=&mra=mi&mrsp=0&sz=18&sll=-37.088552,-12.333945&sspn=0.003614,0.008261&ie=UTF8&t=h&ll=-37.088552,-12.333945&spn=0.002874,0.006341&z=17 ---
**Author:** ![MXS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/mxs/32/7507_2.png) [@MXS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/MXS)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2008, 9:51pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/look-what-i-found/60362/16 "2008-12-27T21:51:13Z")
use [http://www.wikimapia.org/](http://www.wikimapia.org/) and you can identify almost anything! It’s the island of Tristan da Cunha, a British territory, population 271. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tristan\_de\_Cunha](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tristan_de_Cunha) ---
**Author:** ![larryr50](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/larryr50/32/5056_2.png) [@larryr50](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/larryr50)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2008, 10:05pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/look-what-i-found/60362/17 "2008-12-27T22:05:06Z")
lol this is very cool. Good find i had no idea wikipedia had map info, that island is wierd. ---
**Author:** ![BigEd88](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/biged88/32/5064_2.png) [@BigEd88](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BigEd88)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2008, 10:17pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/look-what-i-found/60362/18 "2008-12-27T22:17:49Z")
the absence of any type of runway, helicopter pad, or ships at the dock is kinda interesting to me, that one thing could be a pad I guess. “In 2005, the island was given a United Kingdom post code (TDCU 1ZZ) to make it easier for the residents to order goods online.” nice “On Tristan da Cunha the population of 271 people share just seven surnames: Glass, **Green** , Hagan, Lavarello (a typical Ligurian surname), Repetto (another typical Ligurian surname), Rogers and Swain. There are 80 families on the island.” uh oh ---
**Author:** ![FSANE](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fsane/32/5234_2.png) [@FSANE](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/FSANE)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2008, 10:31pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/look-what-i-found/60362/19 "2008-12-27T22:31:44Z")
There are instances of health problems because of endogamy, including asthma and glaucoma, largely because of the inevitable marriages among closely related couples, for example marriages between second degree cousins, that comes with having such a small gene pool. :lol: incest FTW :lol: ---
**Author:** ![jetlounge](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jetlounge/32/4994_2.png) [@jetlounge](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/jetlounge)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2008, 4:33am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/look-what-i-found/60362/20 "2008-12-28T04:33:02Z")
Ah, so the “missile silo” on the smaller island is a meteorological station. Looks like it cost a pretty penny, it must be important for those 271 in-breds to know if they need their umbrellas day to day. And a good writeup on CNN: [http://cnntraveller.com/2007/01/01/world-report-2/](http://cnntraveller.com/2007/01/01/world-report-2/) [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/look-what-i-found/60362.md?page=2)