Wikipedia: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Null_Island" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Null_Island</a><p><i>Null Island is a fictional island in the Gulf of Guinea added to the Natural Earth public domain map dataset,[1] located where the equator crosses the prime meridian, at coordinates 0°N 0°E.[2][3] Natural Earth describes the entity as a &quot;1 meter square island&quot; with &quot;scale rank 100, indicating it should never be shown in mapping.&quot;[1] Although intended humorously, the fiction has a serious purpose and is used by mapping systems to trap errors.[3]
In reality, a weather observation buoy, part of the PIRATA system, is moored at the supposed location of the island.[4]</i>