# Torca Island

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**Torca Island** was an inhabited [phantom island](/source/Phantom_island) said to be located in the [Indian Ocean](/source/Indian_Ocean), possibly in the [East Indies](/source/East_Indies). It purportedly vanished when a volcano erupted on 4 June 1693. The survivors escaped to a nearby island called Amboyna (present-day [Ambon Island](/source/Ambon_Island)) on 18 July 1693.[1] The villagers attempted to flee in canoes or by swimming, but many people died attempting to do this. Torca Island was said to be moderately sized.

## References

1. John Wesley (1823). [*A Survey of the Wisdom of God in the Creation: Or a Compendium of Natural Philosophy ... Containing an Abridgment of that Beautiful Work, The Contemplation of Nature, Volume 2*](https://books.google.com/books?id=MRtMAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA21). N. Bangs and T. Mason. pp. 21–22. Retrieved 11 January 2023.

- Vincent Gaddis (1965). *[Invisible Horizons](https://books.google.com/books?id=cb4YAQAAMAAJ)*, p. 29. New York: Chilton Books.
- Clark Barnaby Firestone (1924). *[The Coasts of Illusion: A Study of Travel Tales](https://archive.org/details/coastsofillusion0000fire)*, p. 255. Harper Books.
- William Shepard Walsh (1913). *[A Handy Book of Curious Information](https://archive.org/details/ahandybookcurio01walsgoog/page/n825)*, pp. 910–911. J. B. Lippincott.

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