10 places that Google Maps hides: military installations, famous houses, islands or crime scenes



These are all the places that Google Maps hides from us for various reasons.

Within the ecosystem of Google applications, one of the tools that many of us could not live without is Google Maps, since the great G maps app allows us to locate any location and get there quickly and easily thanks to its GPS navigator function.

We are sure that you know that Google Maps is an application full of useful functions that grow with each new updateIn fact, recently, we told you that you will soon be able to use this app to save fuel on your trips, but what you probably don’t know is that the maps application hide certain sites from view such as military installations, famous houses, islands and even crime scenes.

These are the places that Google Maps hides so you can not see them

Next, we will discover you The 10 places that Google Maps hides from us. Read on and find out what they are.



Fort Eben-Emael (Belgium)

Fort Eben-Emael - Belgium

The first of the sites that you will not be able to see on Google Maps is the Eben-Emael fort, a military installation located between the Belgian cities of Liege and Maastrichton the Belgian-Dutch border.

This fort was built between 1931 and 1935 to defend Belgium from a German attack, something it did not achieve since, on May 10, 1940 the German army neutralized this fort.

Area 51 (United States)

Area 51 Google Maps

Another of the military installations that Google Maps hides from us is the famous Area 51, located in the middle of the Nevada desert in the United States. This facility is one of the most secret of the US government and the most conspiracy theorists affirm that in this place evidence of the existence of extraterrestrial life is kept.

High Frequency Active Auroral Research Program (HAARP)-Alaska

HAARP

The headquarters of the High Frequency Active Auroral Research Program (HAARP), which is located in Alaska, is another of the places that Google Maps does not let us see, surely because, as in the previous case, it is a military installation surrounded by a halo of mystery and conspiracy theories.

This program was funded by the United States Air Force, Navy, and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and its mission is to study the ionosphere, which is the layer of the earth’s atmosphere that can reflect radio waves and which extends from 80 to 1000 km above the surface of the earth.

Isabel II Fortress (Spain)

Isabel II Fortress, Mah

The Elizabeth II Fortress is located at the entrance to the port of Mahn, in the Balearic Islands and it is hidden in Google Maps because, to this day, it is still a key military infrastructure for Spain.

Punggye-ri (North Korea)

Punggye-ri

Punggye-ri is the main nuclear base in North Korea and the most secret in the Asian country and for this reason it is also hidden on Google Maps.

Calle Espiritu Santo, 21 (Madrid) Spain

21 holy spirit street madrid

In addition to military installations, there are also other places that Google Maps hides from us, such as famous houses, and one of them is the number 21 of the street Espiritu Santo in MadridWhat is it the house where Enrique Urquijo, the singer of the musical group Los Secretos, was found dead.

2125 Seymour Avenue (Cleveland) United States

2125 Seymour Avenue, Cleveland

Another of the houses that Google Maps hides from us is number 2125 Seymour Avenue in Cleveland, United States, and the reason is that this house was the scene of a crime, since in this place Arial Castro kept kidnapped three minors for a decade subjecting them to constant abuse.

Jeannette Island (Russia)

Jeannette Island

Another of the places that Google Maps hides from us is Jeannette Island, the easternmost of the De Long Islands, which is located in the New Siberian Archipelago, in the East Siberian Sea.

If you search for this island on Google Maps you will only see a mysterious black spot.

Sand Island (Australia)

Sand Island Australia

The Sand Island or Sandy Island is located off the northeast coast of Australia and is also hidden on Google Maps, since if we look for it in the Google Maps app The following message will appear: “Not available -14.663183, 135.876563”.

Amchitka Island (Alaska)

Amchitka Island - Alaska

The last place that Google Maps hides from us is Amchitka Island, an archipelago located in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska. If you look for this island in the Google maps application you will see that half of it is blurred and this is because, in the 1950s, this island was selected by the United States Atomic Energy Commission to be the site of underground nuclear tests and a total of 3 nuclear tests were carried out on it.

Today, this island is constantly controlled to prevent radioactive leaks and in 2025 it will become a restricted-access wildlife reserve.

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