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Why would geologists not have discovered Gilligan’s island?

Asked by Hypocrisy_Central (26879points) December 29th, 2011

If I remembered correctly, Gilligan’s island had an active volcano. That means even if the island was uncharted the times in which the volcano erupted and spewed chimneys of ash into the sky, that would be seen by passing ships, or aircraft that would have lead geologists to the island to investigate. I believe there were even satellites that would have caught such eruptions. How could those eruptions, however small, go unnoticed by the world, leaving the castaways stranded for all those years?

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ANef_is_Enuf's avatar

But, then there would be no show. :\

Coloma's avatar

Well…it was the early-mid 60’s, and it was a deserted island, sooo, the eruptions could have gone undetected. Why are you asking this? lol

jazmina88's avatar

If a volcano blows on a desert island, does it make any sound?

Only if Gilligan is there to hear it.

At the time, we were more into space, than the ocean. Moon rocks and pet rocks, baby.

judochop's avatar

There are still islands that are not discovered yet. It is a fact. Why should they have found it?

filmfann's avatar

Gilligans Island wasn’t on Public Television.

judochop's avatar

@filmfann yeah it was. We only had public channels while growing up. There was a station that would show reruns late at night.

Hypocrisy_Central's avatar

@Coloma Well…it was the early-mid 60’s, and it was a deserted island, sooo, the eruptions could have gone undetected. Even if the island was supposedly deserted, a 2 mile high plume of ash would surely be seen by someone.

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