Museum releases historical photos of island where Amelia Earhart may have crashed

Images from New Zealand aerial survey of Nikumaroro in 1938 offer new clues over aviator’s disappearance


A New Zealand museum has released nearly 50 photos from a 1938 aerial survey of the island where Amelia Earhart is believed to have crash-landed, offering amateur sleuths new evidence to scour for traces of the pioneering aviator and her plane.


The black-and-white images were published by the Air Force Museum of New Zealand after renewed interest in one of the biggest mysteries of the 20th century, spurred by a US expedition to the Pacific atoll of Nikumaroro in search of new clues.

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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/16/amelia-earhart-new-zeland-museum-aerial-survey-photos-nikumaroro-island