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On 29 April 2016, YouTube user Wowforreal posted a video presented as possibly showing a massive unknown creature near Antarctica whose existence had been confirmed via images from Google Earth: While YouTube user Wowforreal was skeptical about the findings, the video was later picked up by conspiracy theorist web sites that claimed that the footage likely showed a kraken (i.e., a legendary sea monster of giant size): Examining Google Earth images from the coordinates provided by WowForReal (63° 2'56.73S 60°57'32.38W) yielded similar results to those shown in the above-displayed video, but the unknown object seen therein; is not a sea monster but a rock. To be specific, it's Sail Rock, a small volcano located to the southwest of Deception Island at the same coordinates of the massive unknown creature: According to a study published by Andean Geology in 2013, Sail Rock (named for its sail-like shape) stands about 30 meters above sea level:
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