Torca Island
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Template:Short description Torca Island was an inhabited phantom island said to be located in the Indian Ocean, possibly in the East Indies. It purportedly vanished when a volcano erupted on 4 June 1693. The survivors escaped to a nearby island called Amboyna (present-day Ambon Island) on 18 July 1693.[1] The villagers attempted to flee in canoes or by swimming, but many people died attempting to do this. Torca Island was said to be moderately sized.
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- Vincent Gaddis (1965). Invisible Horizons, p. 29. New York: Chilton Books.
- Clark Barnaby Firestone (1924). The Coasts of Illusion: A Study of Travel Tales, p. 255. Harper Books.
- William Shepard Walsh (1913). A Handy Book of Curious Information, pp. 910–911. J. B. Lippincott.