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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.
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.
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Marriott's Orlando World Center: 365 (109) 28 1986 Hotel and convention center 6 Orlando International Airport Control Tower 346 (106) 2002 Air traffic control [18] 7 JW Marriott Orlando Grande Lakes 331 (101) 26 2003 Hotel 8 Majesty Building: 293 (89) 18 TBD Altamonte Springs, also known as the "I-4 Eyesore" 9 Rosen Centre Hotel 287 (88) 24 1995
Marriott's Grande Vista is a Marriott Vacation Club resort, on International Drive in Orlando, Florida. The timeshare resort is the largest in the Marriott Vacation Club portfolio, with 1616 guest studios, and one-, two- and three-bedroom villas in 24 Mission-style buildings.
Castelnuovo Nigra, a comune (municipality) in the Province of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont Porta Nigra , a large Roman city gate in Trier, Germany Rupes Nigra , a phantom island, was believed to be a 33-mile-wide magnetic island of black rock located at the Magnetic North Pole
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The resort was built by US Steel in 1972 and opened in 1974. It was a popular upscale resort when it opened, and later in its life it became more of a budget resort. In December of 2002 it abruptly closed and in 2006, it was demolished to make room for the new Citymark of Orlando; this never materialized.