Map of Polynesia from 1859. Sarah Ann (here spelled Sarah Anne) is in the top right corner
Sarah Ann Island (also spelled Sarah Anne) is a vanished island, previously located at 4°0′N154°22′W / 4.000°N 154.367°W / 4.000; -154.367[1] (though sometimes listed at about 175° W[2]). It was supposedly discovered in 1858 by Captain William W. Taylor and reported to the U.S. State Department on February 12, 1859, along with 41 other atolls and islands he claimed under the Guano Islands Act. Taylor assigned his interest in Sarah Ann Island (referred to as Sarah Anne) and the other islands to the U.S. Guano Company of New York, which bonded them with the U.S. Treasury Department in February 1860; however, a 1933 review of Guano Islands Act claims found no evidence that the island was ever mined. Furthermore, the report noted that no island could be found at the reported coordinates of 4° 0' N, 154° 22' W.[3][4]
A search in 1932 by German astronomers was unsuccessful.[5] In 1937, the United States Pacific Fleet attempted to locate the island, intending to establish an observatory there to view the solar eclipse of June 8, 1937, but was also unsuccessful.[6] The island, which had been observed 15 years before,[citation needed] was nowhere to be found. Instead, observations were made on the nearby Canton and Enderbury Islands and Sarah Ann was quietly removed from Naval charts and has become a phantom island.[citation needed]
One explanation is that Sarah Ann Island was actually Malden Island, but due to a clerical error it was listed at 4° N instead of 4° S.[7][8]
^R. S. F. (June 1859). "Statistics of Guano". Journal of the American Geographical Society of New York. 1 (6). New York: American Geographical Society: 188 – via Google Books.
^Ramsay, Raymond (1972). No Longer on the Map. New York: Viking Press. p. 215. ISBN 0-670-51433-0.
^Rogers, E.S. (January 9, 1933). The Sovereignty of Guano Islands in the Pacific Ocean (Report). Washington, D.C.: Department of State, Office of the Legal Advisor. pp. 290, 309–310fn.
^Mondell, Petrie (February 1934). "Volcanic islands vanish under earthquake barrage". Popular Science. 124 (2). Bonnier Corporation: 21. ISSN 0161-7370.
^"Vanishing of Sarah Ann, Tiny Pacific Island, Causes Scientists Much Worry". Washington: Lundington Daily News. Oct 16, 1932. p. 1. Retrieved 13 January 2010.
^Steiger, Brad (1991). "The Perplexing Enigma of Vanishing Islands". Beyond Belief. Scholastic. p. 66. ISBN 0-590-44252-X.
^"Pacific Island Was "Missing" Because of a Clerical Error". Spokane Daily Chronicle. Jul 19, 1937. p. 2. Retrieved 6 January 2016.
^Dehner, Steve (2018). Supplements To Malden Island's History: The Nantucket Connection II. Bad Tattoo Inc. – via Google Books.
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