Google Maps users convinced they've discovered hidden Nazi base in Antarctica

21 August 2023 , 12:29

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Google Maps users convinced they've discovered hidden Nazi base in Antarctica

Google Maps users believe they have found a so-called Nazi bunker after spotting what appears to be a secret door hidden in Antarctica, where they suggest Hitler may have survived the war.

The supposed door was spotted by an eagle-eyed Facebook user, who shared a screenshot on 30th July. The baffling image from Google Maps shows a shadowed, square-shaped mark resembling an entranceway hidden in the east of the vast Antarctic ice sheet. Conspiracy theorists were quick to take a stab at what the supposed door could be used for, with plenty believing it could be a secret base for the government or even a Nazi bunker.

Suggestions that it could be home to a fascist hideaway likely pay homage to the popular online conspiracy theory that the Nazis survived after the war in a hidden base in Antarctica. The German expedition to Antarctica in 1938 - an attempt to source their whale oil - has been causing a lot of contention amongst conspiracy theorists since 1947.

The hole in Antarctica that Google Maps users believe is a 'Nazi bunker' (Kennedy News/Google Maps)

The most popular theories suggest that war criminals constructed a huge military base beneath the ice during their month in the Antarctic, where the Nazi elite supposedly survived in the aftermath of the war. Others suggested that the ominous shape could be home to other fabled beings, such as the Abominable Snowman or giants due to the size of the door.

Some even compared the Antarctic entrance to the mysterious photograph of what appeared to be an alien door on Mars in May 2022 - which NASA later claimed was just a rock formation. The image of the entranceway in Antarctica was shared with the caption, "doorway into the ice" and racked up more than 1,600 likes, comments and shares on Facebook.

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One said: "There's a Nazi base in there somewhere." A second agreed, saying: "I thought they were all in Argentina? Antarctica would be a much more suitable hideout."

Adolf Hitler who only theorists allege hid out in the Antarctic bunker (Corbis via Getty Images)

A third theorised: "I've heard there are many bases there [in Antarctica] ranging from out-of-town visitors to deep in the mantle civilizations. Even the Fourth Reich has a large establishment still [there] apparently. It’s convenient when you don’t have civilians or any media to worry about - on an entire continent they can do all their illegal experiments far from prying eyes."

A fourth guessed: "That doorway leads to the one they found on Mars. A fifth added: "Interesting. So, this may be the entrance to a world we still don't know beyond Antarctica." Meanwhile, others were more sceptical, suggesting that the supposed 'doorway' is likely just a simple hole in the ice. One said: "An icefall is an unlikely door spot."

Rachel Hagan