Originally published at: What's this mysterious penis-shaped island in the Pacific Ocean? | Boing Boing
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I think it’s actually 500 meters long. A 500 mile dong would be pretty famous by now even if it is in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.
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… how do you get 500 mile long dong when the scale at the bottom shows it to be about 400 feet wide and maybe about 1000 feet long?
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I’d have named it Pen Island.
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Yes. The “measure distance,” um, tool, shows it to be 490 meters. Impressive girth, though.
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Sometimes an island is just a cigar.
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Pretty sure there are already 14 other Pen Islands. Better off calling it Pen15 Island to avoid confusion.
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“When the stars are right R’lyeh will rise”
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Maps totally suck me in. I spent an hour last night trying to find out what the big black spot is in Syria after watching a documentary on the Third Crusade. It’s obviously a massive lava field, but it was unmarked on google maps and it took quite a while to even find the name.
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Needs more @thomdunn Thom, you may wish to edit your post. Mistaking m (meters) for m (miles) is a bit obvious. (Nothing to do with an imperial-units-savvy USanian not being familiar with metric notation, I’m sure.) 
(Sorry, could not resist the dig re metric. Probably far from deserved.)
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I think middle schoolers would take a keen interest in geography if it was 500 miles long. Just sayin’…
(For comparison, Lake Superior has a maximum length of 350 miles, so a 500 mile long island would be pretty noticeable on a globe. It’d also probably be inhabited. Perhaps the locals would be affectionately known as “Seamen.” C’mon. folks! Help me out! The jokes practically write themselves!)
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I see a hot dog with out the bun, and a couple of beans at the bottom? Crazy, I know.
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This was just a sloppy typo, but damn it’s a funny one.
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But they’re all Dicks!
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I mean, the name “Pen Island” was right there…
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Caldonia
Caldonia
What makes your big head so hard?
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I’m sure it’s not the first time the length of this particular island has been mis-reported 
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“What’s this mysterious penis-shaped island in the Pacific Ocean?”
The question answers itself.
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Looks just like mine! I checked! Just not as much green fungus.
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The tourist map at https://www.iles-loyaute.com/images/sampledata/incontournable/ouvea/plan_ouvea.pdf calls it “Su”. That’s pretty boring considering the next island to the West is called “Ujeeteetr”.
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