24 hours have now passed since a PR was delivered to Maltarecord.com from the Oceanic Topograpia Group (OTG) of the recent discovery of a new island spotted 180 miles east off the coast of Malta. The which was named Ikibu Island.

Whilst the sightings are yet be confirmed by Maltese and Italian governments, Maltese population are now passionately debating around whether these news are true or not, with 150,000 reading the news in 1 day. Malta Record who was first to publish the news are now closing up on a 1000 shares and hundreds of comments on Facebook. Engaging a third of the Maltese population.

 Below are a few of the stories comments:

Rafael Iki ran the recent expedition that discovered the island, and specialises in studying the surface absorption sites surrounding the Tyrrhenian and Ionian waters within the Mediterranean Sea commented,