English: Wybine IslandGerman translation: Vypin-Insel 
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Geography / India | | English term or phrase: Wybine Island | Is this a phantom island? Are there still blank spots on our maps? I searched this place on Google Earth, but it does not seem to exist...
According to the original text, the island must be somewhere off the south-western coast of India.
Might this be a misprint, or does this island really exist?
Thanks in advance from a geographical loser. |
| | Clarification request(s) and responseJonathan MacKerron: 4:34pm Dec 3, 2007: not much to go on here, so either a typo or very little know place...
Ingeborg Gowans: 6:19pm Dec 3, 2007: http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/islands_oceans_poles/andaman_...
does not seem to exist?
Ingeborg Gowans: 7:39pm Dec 3, 2007: according to Sabine's response, we were looking in the wrong direction then. I was just searching all the islands off India
VeronikaNeuhold: 10:42pm Dec 3, 2007: @Ingeborg, Sabine - Thank's for your excellent research. It's one of those sloppily written water sports scripts again. This time, the action does not take place in Australia, but in Kerala on the West Indian coast:
"Kerala has some of the South Western coast's most spectacular beaches. Life is calm and peaceful there, and the people are extremely laid-back and friendly./
W and X have joined up with Y and Z to pay a visit to **Wybine** Island which they've heard has a more interesting coastline./
Driving in India calls for a great deal of care and concentration. The streets are narrow and vehicles drive on the left.
Along the road, rice paddies alternate with prawn farms.
But at Cherai, the group is disappointed to find that, although there are some good waves, there is very little wind."
I googled "Cherai" and found the Wikipedia article on "Cherai Beach":
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cherai_Beach
Here it says that "Charai" is part of "Vypin Island":
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vypin_Island
This is going to be a funny series... In contrast to Indian islands, Australian states and companies are quite well known by "my" authors.
Sabine Voigt: 11:51pm Dec 3, 2007: Vypin - wieder was dazugelernt. Da lag ich ja ordentlich und weit daneben...
VeronikaNeuhold: 7:49am Dec 4, 2007: @Sabine - Mein Fehler. Hätte ich die Textstelle mit reingenommen, wärt ihr früher oder später draufgekommen.
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| | Waiben Insel | Explanation:
This is what I found. It is also spelled Wyben. Could this be what you are looking for?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thursday_Island
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liste_von_Torres-Strait-Inseln
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Note added at 2 hrs (2007-12-03 18:22:17 GMT)
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... kinda southwest of India I suppose...
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Note added at 2 hrs (2007-12-03 18:28:16 GMT)
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also, ein alias für die Thursday-Insel. |
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 Sabine Voigt
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| Note from asker to answererWow! 274 Torres-Strait-Inseln. Und nur ca. 25 davon auf Google Earth namentlich erwähnt.
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| wybine island Waiben Insel
Explanation:
This is what I found. It is also spelled Wyben. Could this be what you are looking for?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thursday_Island
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liste_von_Torres-Strait-Inseln
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Note added at 2 hrs (2007-12-03 18:22:17 GMT)
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... kinda southwest of India I suppose...
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Note added at 2 hrs (2007-12-03 18:28:16 GMT)
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also, ein alias für die Thursday-Insel.
| Sabine Voigt
United States
Native speaker of:  German
PRO pts in category: 2
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| Note from asker to answerer| Wow! 274 Torres-Strait-Inseln. Und nur ca. 25 davon auf Google Earth namentlich erwähnt. |
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