<p>From p12 of <a href="http://www.catan.com/en/download/?Seafarers_rv_Rules_091907.pdf" rel="nofollow noreferrer">the rules</a> (emphasis added),</p>

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  <p>If you place a ship or road that connects to the <strong>intersection</strong> of an unexplored hex, you must immediately draw the top hex from the pile and place it face up in the empty space.</p>
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<p>If you can ever build a settlement on an intersection, you must already have a road/ship connected to that intersection, so all those hexes should already be explored; exploring does <em>not</em> require a road/ship to be built on one of the hex's <em>edges</em>.</p>

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Benjamin Cosman
<p>In Catan Seafarers, in a scenario like Fog Island where hexes are unknown, can you build a settlement  at an intersection of a known hex and an unknown hex and if you can, do you uncover the unknown hex or does it remain a mystery until a ship actually is adjacent to it?</p>

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Catan Seafarers discovery question
Jeff
# Catan Seafarers discovery question

(Asked by: username_0 on 2018-03-03)

In Catan Seafarers, in a scenario like Fog Island where hexes are unknown, can you build a settlement at an intersection of a known hex and an unknown hex and if you can, do you uncover the unknown hex or does it remain a mystery until a ship actually is adjacent to it?

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### Answer by username_1 on 2018-03-04. Score: 2

From p12 of [the rules](http://www.catan.com/en/download/?Seafarers_rv_Rules_091907.pdf) (emphasis added),

> If you place a ship or road that connects to the **intersection** of an unexplored hex, you must immediately draw the top hex from the pile and place it face up in the empty space.

If you can ever build a settlement on an intersection, you must already have a road/ship connected to that intersection, so all those hexes should already be explored; exploring does *not* require a road/ship to be built on one of the hex's *edges*.


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