Disappointment Island
About Disappointment Island
Disappointment Island is one of seven uninhabited islands in the Auckland Islands archipelago, in New Zealand. It is 475 kilometres (295 mi) south of the country's main South Island and 8 kilometres (5 mi) from the northwest end of Auckland Island.
On the show — 4 mentions total
They were called Disappointment Islands for a different reason — it was because John Byron found that the people who lived there were of a hostile disposition and they didn't like him.
from No Such Thing As Fluff Island, 2016-11-04 at 00:10:01 · read transcript
Other times Disappointment Island came up
Yes, you'll be a bit disappointed. Yeah. There, isn't there an island somewhere called Disappointment Island? Maybe it was one that Morrell bigged up and then his son went and visited this paradise. Made of ice cream and it's 80 meters high. Turned out it's just covered in dead fish. Disappointment Islands. One of the first Westerners to land there was John Byron, who was the grandfather of Lord Byron.
138: No Such Thing As Fluff Island, 2016-11-04 · listen
There you go, Phantom Atlas, go and buy it. Not on the 2nd of November, but on the 3rd, because on the 2nd it won't exist. Yes, you'll be a bit disappointed, yeah. Yeah. Isn't there an island somewhere called Disappointment Island? Maybe it was one that Morel bigged up and then his son went and visited this paradise. It's made of ice cream and it's 80 metres high. Turn out, it's covered in dead fish.
No Such Thing As Fluff Island, 2016-11-04 · listen
Not on the 2nd of November, but on the 3rd. Because on the 2nd, it won't exist. Yes, you'll be a bit disappointed. Yeah. There, isn't there an island somewhere called Disappointment Island? Maybe it was one that Morrell bigged up and then his son went and visited this paradise. Made of ice cream and it's 80 meters high. Turned out it's just covered in dead fish. Disappointment Islands.
138: No Such Thing As Fluff Island, 2016-11-04 · listen
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No Such Thing As Fluff Island put 4 places on the map.
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- Byers Island · Marshall Islands
Coordinates: -50.6042, 165.9730