indicate the level to which a name has been verified.
Meaning & History
Null Island is a point zero degrees latitude and zero degrees longitude, where the prime meridian and the equator intersect. Since there is no dry land, it is not an actual island, but there is a weather buoy marking the coordinates.The name is often used in mapping software as a placeholder to help find and correct database entries that have erroneously been assigned the coordinates 0,0.