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2. Rupes Nigra - Wikipedia

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   The Rupes Nigra ("Black Rock"), a phantom island, was believed to be a black rock located at the Magnetic North Pole or at the geographic North Pole itself. Described by Gerardus Mercator as 33 French miles in size, it provided a supposed explanation for why all compasses point to this location.

3. File:Rupes Nigra.jpg - Wikipedia

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4. Inventio Fortunata - Wikipedia

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   Inventio Fortunata (also Inventio Fortunate, Inventio Fortunat or Inventio Fortunatae), "Fortunate, or fortune-making, discovery", is a lost book, probably dating from the 14th century, containing a description of the North Pole as a magnetic island (the Rupes Nigra) surrounded by a giant whirlpool and four continents.

5. File:Skyline view of Madrid, Spain at night - 50317258357.jpg

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6. Mount Qaf - Wikipedia

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   According to certain authors, the Jabal Qaf of Muslim cosmology is a version of Rupes Nigra, a mountain whose ascent —such as Dante's climbing of the Mountain of Purgatory, represents the pilgrim's progress through spiritual states.

7. File:Madrid, Spain (satellite view).jpg - Wikipedia

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