Bermeja is a phantom islet lying off the north coast of the Yucatán Peninsula according to several maps of the Gulf of Mexico from the 16th to the 20th centuries. [1]

Jun 28, 2021 · First appearing in a Spanish compendium of all the islands of the world in 1539, Bermeja has flummoxed sailors, fishermen and politicians since it seemingly vanished from the ocean around the...

Feb 24, 2010 · Bermeja, a tiny uninhabited island to the northwest of the Yucatán Peninsula, seems to have done just that. One century, it's sitting pretty at 22°33' N, 91°22 E in the Gulf of Mexico ; the next, it's vanished, confounding maritime investigations and aerial surveys alike.

Apr 22, 2022 · Based on various conspiracy theories, the Bermeja Island disappeared because it sank due to a tidal wave. Also, the hypothesis was handled that it was dynamited by the Central Intelligence Agency ( CIA ) so that the United States would …

Oct 27, 2022 · Bermeja, an island that supposedly existed off the Yucatán coast of Mexico, has been a mystery that has perplexed researchers. The 80 square-kilometer sized island first appeared on maps in the early 1500s and was apparently last mapped in 1941.

Sep 28, 2023 · La Bermeja is a "pahntom Island" that supposedly existed off the north coast of the Yucatán Peninsula in the Gulf of Mexico.

May 21, 2023 · Bermeja Island was shown on maps as late as 1846, but since then, the phantom island inexplicably disappeared and no one really knows why. One century it was there, and the next it was gone.

May 21, 2018 · Over the centuries, like Isla Bermeja, the series of about 6 small coral islets and rocks known as Negrillos will appear and disappear, and to this day the existence of this small chain of islands is also in dispute.

Sep 30, 2024 · One of the most notable of these islands is the island of Bermeja, and its story is made even more interesting as the nation of Mexico desperately wants it to exist and has made several attempts...

Jun 24, 2009 · A recent study found that the island of Bermeja, which several ancient maps of the Gulf of Mexico from the 17th and 18th centuries depicted as a mere speck of wasteland, does not actually exist.