Kraken spotted on Google Earth? -solved: Sail Rock

Just have bumped into it in a DailyMail article:

Has a KRAKEN been spotted on Google Earth?
Nordic folklore speaks of a massive creature that haunted the icy seas of the North Sea, where it attacked passing vessels with gigantic tentacles.
And conspiracy theorists claims to have spotted this mythical Kraken swimming off the coast of Deception Island near Antarctica.
Using Google Earth, this sea monster appears to be 120m from head to end, with ‘the mid area of a giant squid’.



Aconspiracy theorists claims to have spotted this mythical Kraken swimming off the coast of Deception Island near Antarctica.
Using Google Earth, this sea monster appears to be 100 feet from head to end, with
'the mid area of a giant squid’ ‘It looks like the Kraken,’ Scott C Waring shared on UFO Sightings Daily.com.
‘I used Google ruler and it says this is 30 meters (100 feet) from head to end, but the end looks like just the mid area of a giant squid, which means it could be 60+ meters long with tentacles.
'That sounds like the Kraken to me.’

The sighting occurred on April 9, 2016, when Waring looked at the coordinates 63° 2'56.73"S 60°57'32.38"W in Google Earth – although it is not clear how or where he obtained these exact coordinates.

Waring also thought of the extinct prehistoric animal Plesiosaur when he spotted the massive beast causing ‘a massive disturbance in the ocean’.

read full dailymail article 

Another "first-finder" of the "Kraken" from the same day (April 9, 2016) -named by DailyMail and mirror.co.uk- is some Wowforreeel (wowforreel(?)) guy who has posted their finding on YouTube.

However imagery is from 2013, I do not remember this one disputed within the GEC.

so what do you think?

whale?, submarine?, reef or iceberg?, do not have to ask: Kraken?

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EDIT-2016.june.21.:
No way! It is the miraculous Sail Rock

by Frank4:
Snopes now has a write up on the rock - which is called "Sail rock" - They also have a picture of it.

"...the "unknown object" seen therein; is not a sea monster but a rock. To be specific, it's Sail Rock, a small volcano located to the southwest of Deception Island at the same coordinates of the "massive unknown creature":

...According to a study published by Andean Geology in 2013, Sail Rock (named for its sail-like shape) stands about 30 meters above sea level."

Well this source writes a 3rd and 4th version of the YouTube username and another date for the find, but nevermind.
I think the date is some mistype (09/29), the picture is great (see below), but for the godness sake, could anyone give that poor username correctly written?!?(:
("...On 29 April 2016, YouTube user "Wowforreal" posted...", "...Examining Google Earth images from the coordinates provided by WowForReal yielded similar results...")

by Frank4:
And there is a Wiki page on Sail Rock:

"The remaining uppermost part of a submerged volcanic edifice, is 30 m high, and lies 7 nautical miles (13 km) southwest of Deception Island, in the South Shetland Islands. This name, which dates back to at least 1822, was probably given by sealers. From a distance, the rock is reported to resemble a ship under sail*, but at close range it is more like a house with a gable roof.

In June 2016, the 'Daily Mail' published a satellite photo of the rock with the caption, "Has a KRAKEN been spotted on Google Earth?" with theories that the rock might be a giant squid, a plesiosaur, an underwater UFO, and other unlikely theories."

Sail Rock rises about 30 m above sea level and features a sail-like shape (hence its name)*. The stack marks the top of a volcano the rest of which is submerged below sea level. The age of Sail Rock is unknown, and the stack is composed of layers of pyroclastic breccia and tuffs alternating with lava flows.

source: Andean geology

*Proof it was not spotted from the air. As if it was, then could be called Squid Rock.(:

Sorry again guys blessed with extra susceptibility for pareidolia and think could peep into the other sentinent side! Nevermind:
Nothing special or supernatural, still an exceptional natural phenomenon you have spotted!

Thanks for the good work!
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Sail Rock South Shetland Islands.kmz (1.29 KB)

Very interesting... 81 feets (visible part)

It is most likely a rock island which protrudes above the water. The undersea portion causing the disturbance around it in the water. But, I think actually finding a Kraken would be way cooler!

Frank

Hey, nice you have popped in Frank!
It is for around a year you were silent, but now you speak wisdom.

Not a large image, but reef (rock) at the exact location cannot be missed.
 
The small resolution naval map is available at the e-photojournal by Peter Smith. - Click for great photos and description of his southern adventure!
(Enlarge the page and as if I could read some "?... Rock" there on the small map.)

It was only a simple google image search for maps of the area. Sure some editor from the above mentioned mass media sources could dig a better one.
How nice they leave their consumers in doubt... of course you might click again for the next few issues in hope of finding the answer.

Also it is clear now, that was not by chance Google covered the spot with satellite imagery, even not for the Kraken's sake.

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Snopes now has a write up on the rock - which is called "Sail rock" - here: www.snopes.com/kraken-google-earth-sail-rock/

They also have a picture of it. 

And there is a Wiki page on Sail Rock: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sail_Rock_(South_Shetland_Islands)

now it is not simply solved, but definitely done!
thank you!
(:
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p.s.: OP and attachment edited.

I have read the posting in Frank's blog and have to add something to his words quoted below:

Whenever you encounter unusual imagery and want to learn more about the area, try turning on various Google Earth layers to see if there are any relevant placemarks. The layers we find most useful for this are “Places”, “Photos” and “More->Wikipedia”. In this case there is actually a Wikipedia page for Sail Rock which has been updated with a reference to the recent story, but the page itself has been in existence since 2010. The placemark is a little to the north of the correct location, but close enough that you would find it if you were looking.
gearthblog.com post

Well, I have actually turned on the Wikipedia layer (inter alia), also browsed through a bigger area by no success. And know why? Just because my GE/Tools/Options/General/Language settings were 'System default' (=Hungarian by me).
By these settings GE Wikipedia layer displays only the hungarian language wikipedia articles georeferenced in view, and as no hu.wiki article, no wiki-layer-mark I have seen. 
At the very moment I have changed to English(US) and restarted GE, "W" placemark appeared instantly.

Still pretty nice work Frank, however was much easier this way.(;

At least one, big edification which is worth to keep in mind:
If one find no relevant Wiki-mark in GE-layers with a certain language setting it means not that there is no Wiki-marks at all, only might be displayed by other GE language settings.
or with other words:
Search for Wikipedia-layer placemarks on GE by various Language settings!

I did not know about it, this is my only excuse.

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