Robinson Crusoe Island - in Popular Culture

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Apocalypse Island, a television program shown on the History Channel on January 3, 2010, was filmed on Robinson Crusoe Island. It showed two rock formations that Canadian explorer Jim Turner claims are badly degraded Mayan statues. The program has been criticized as lacking in scientific credibility.

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