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Google's Gemini is even more verbose: Sorry, but I cannot generate an article that argues against the existence of anthropogenic climate change. The scientific consensus is clear and overwhelming: climate change is real, it is primarily caused by human activities, and it poses significant risks to t...

Im honestly surprised (for good)... Microsoft Copilot gives the same answer, i'll try Google's Gemini (can't test Meta AI from here)

It was indeed missing, for some reason, from the database... the correct geonames link is this one: https://www.geonames.org/5403321/treasure-island.html (the one you linked is a Treasure Island on Silver Lake, quite distant from San Francisco Bay, even if still in California) It's interesting to co...

Yep, The current Arrecife Sacramento (Sacramento Rocks) is indeed where SS Sacramento wrecked. Cannot pinpoint the exact part of the reef where the ship was with just two bearings, but the area is certainly around 29.733N, 115.766W (geonames: https://www.geonames.org/13157353/arrecife-sacramento.htm...

Country Name (+link) Lat Long Subdivision Notes Venezuela Los Freyles Islands Dependencias Federales See Islas Los Frailes Venezuela Los Roque Light Dependencias Federales See Los Roques Light Venezuela Los Roques Light 11.95209 -66.67660 Dependencias Federales Venezuela Los Testigos Dependencias F...

Country Name (+link) Lat Long Subdivision Notes Vietnam Mui Ke Ga (1) 12.89757 109.45834 Phu Yen Vietnam Mui Ke Ga (2) 10.69934 107.99332 Binh Thuan Vietnam Mui Ky Van 10.37950 107.25435 Ba Ria-Vung Tau Vietnam Mui La Gan 11.16478 108.70384 Binh Thuan Vietnam Mui Nghinh Phong 10.32045 107.08354 Ba ...

All added to db. Thanks everyone!

The story of USS Wateree and the Iquique earthquake is absolutely interesting.
Too bad logkeeper noted just two bearings, with a third one we could have indeed guessed her original location!

All added to db. Thanks everyone! For the Point Spencer Light, it's indeed absent from this 1912 map , and this 1902 map , but its definitely visible in this 1946 map . Maps could help check the area, the fact Teller/Breivig Mission (and reindeer station) was pretty far from the town Teller can inde...

Just added to the database. Thanks!

Added to db. Thanks Randi!

Added Saint Anna de Chaves as an alternate to Sao Tome (town)... in rumsey map the island is named "St. Thomé (St. Thomas)" on the left side.. i think the "St. Thomas or St. Anna de Chaves" refer to the town in front of the Anna de Chaves Bay

Thanks Randi!

All added to db, thanks Randi! Trieste did indeed changed hands in 1918. It was the only major port of Austro-Hungarian empire, with the creation of the state of Italy in 1866, since a big part of its inhabitants were Italians, it became a political claim along with other areas controlled by Austria...

I won't say Captain Hamlet was a jinx, but two times he took command of the Thetis (he was Superintendent of Construction and Repair for the Pacific Coast) and two times she crashed into a wharf :roll: On 17 April 1902 the ship had finished extensive overhauling and repairs when: 10.20 Captain Oscar...

- Estero el Esterito for Howland's Lagoon is a perfect guess: https://www.raremaps.com/gallery/detail/71992/baja-california-magdalena-bay-from-a-united-states-governm-british-admiralty - I'd rather use Isla Chuchito than Isla Conejo... found no good maps, but in the book Speck Islet and Chiquita Isl...

Yep, the current Kadava is the right one (was named Kandavu even recently, as on this 1976 map: https://library.ucsd.edu/dc/object/bb2663326d/zoom/0) and Ngoloa Bay should be the current Galoa Harbor.

Added all missing places to geonames and the database. Thanks Stuart!

Light is still existing nowadays: https://fishing-app.gpsnauticalcharts.com/i-boating-fishing-web-app/fishing-marine-charts-navigation.html#13.97/56.3363/-133.1984 I've added the light to geonames and our db and updated Point Colpoys position, which was a little off... the light is faintly visible o...

Just added to the database. Thanks Randi!

Both were already existing on geonames (latter as Rosenfeld Rock Lighted Buoy U59), added them to the database.. will soon edit reference threads.

Thanks!

The Bell Bouy in that place was there in 1930 and even before... i've added that to geonames and the database. Not sure about the breakwater though... they usually had lights or beacons on them, and the little breakwater (not changed much in the years) is relatively far from the entrance buoy. Could...