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==Trivia==
 
==Trivia==
 
[[Image:Membata-Island.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Location on Google Earth according to "numbers" co-ordinates]]
 
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*Membata is a fictional island.
 
*''Membata-bata'' is a word from an Indonesian language for "(to be) ambivalent" or "(to be) in doubt".
 
*''Membata-bata'' is a word from an Indonesian language for "(to be) ambivalent" or "(to be) in doubt".
 
*Entering the "numbers" co-ordinates 10°[[4]][[8]]'[[15]].[[16]]"S / 117°[[23]]'[[42]].01"E into Google Earth discloses a location close to where Membata is depicted in the conference maps.
 
*Entering the "numbers" co-ordinates 10°[[4]][[8]]'[[15]].[[16]]"S / 117°[[23]]'[[42]].01"E into Google Earth discloses a location close to where Membata is depicted in the conference maps.

Revision as of 19:20, 27 April 2010

Membata

Press conference map showing Membata's location ("There's No Place Like Home, Part 1")

Membata is the uninhabited island in Indonesia where the Oceanic Six floated to shore as part of their staged rescue. According to maps presented at the Oceanic Six press conference, it is located in the Lesser Sunda Islands, to the northeast of the alleged crash site, and to the southwest of the real Indonesian island of Sumba. ("There's No Place Like Home, Part 1") Membata is some 3000 miles (one week by boat) from where the Oceanic Six were rescued in the South Pacific by Penny's boat, the Searcher, following the helicopter crash. ("There's No Place Like Home, Parts 2 & 3")

Trivia

Membata-Island

Location on Google Earth according to "numbers" co-ordinates

  • Membata is a fictional island.
  • Membata-bata is a word from an Indonesian language for "(to be) ambivalent" or "(to be) in doubt".
  • Entering the "numbers" co-ordinates 10°48'15.16"S / 117°23'42.01"E into Google Earth discloses a location close to where Membata is depicted in the conference maps.
  • Membata has the same shape as the main island in the Savu Island group, located to the southeast of Sumba.
Membata Savu

Membata-Savu comparison