--- title: "The Latest Mysterious Monolith Is Engraved With Coordinates" description: "Australia just got its own mysterious metal monolith — and this time it features some cryptic coordinates engraved on its surface." date: "2020-12-11" modified: "2020-12-11" authors: - name: "Victor Tangermann" job_title: "Senior Editor" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/victor" url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/latest-mysterious-monolith-engraved-coordinates" categories: - "Robots and Machines" tags: - "australia" - "monolith" - "the digest" --- # The Latest Mysterious Monolith Is Engraved With Coordinates ![Australia just got its own mysterious metal monolith — and this time it features some cryptic coordinates engraved on its surface.]() *\Image: 9News\* ## Engraved Monolith Australia just got its own mysterious metal monolith — and this time it features coordinates engraved on its surface that point to some cryptic places, as [*Yahoo News* reports](). The world has been gripped by monolith fever, with a [countless number]() of new ten-foot-ish installations popping up around the globe on an almost daily basis. The [first one, discovered in the Utah]() wilderness last month, may have been there for several years — but succeeding monoliths seem to have been installed not too long ago. Apart from some differences in quality assurance and finishes, most of the structures have looked roughly similar. ## Conspiracy Junky The most recent monolith, discovered in a field outside of Adelaide in South Australia, is adding its own little twist to the story: cryptic coordinates engraved into its surface. And they point to some peculiar places: the first coordinates point at Trump Tower in New York, the second to an uninhabited island in the Northern Mariana Islands, and a third to the Sphinx in Egypt, local tabloid [*The Advertiser* reports](). The significance of these coordinates is completely unknown — but our money is on it being some kind of practical joke. Several groups have attempted to take credit for the mysterious monoliths, including artist collective The Most Famous Artist and the YouTube channel called I Did A Thing, as New Zealand-based [*NewsHub* reports](). **READ MORE:** [Monolith with cryptic engravings appears in Australia]() \[*Yahoo News*\] **More on monoliths:** *[There Are Officially Too Many Damn Monoliths]()* ## Author I've been at Futurism since 2017, where my role has evolved to encompass design, writing, and increasingly editing. I've always been fascinated by space exploration and advanced transportation, which I've leaned into by interviewing luminaries in those fields while closely following the dimensions of policy and regulation that allow next-generation projects to succeed -- or, sometimes, to fail. I'm also keenly interested in the effects of generative AI on society, policies, and democratic institutions, as well as clean energy, physics and biology, and the vagaries of tech leadership. My work for Futurism has been cited by publications including Ars Technica, Gizmodo, PC Magazine, Jalopnik, Fox News, and the New York Post. I spent my childhood living in locations including Manila, the Philippines, and Geneva, Switzerland, attended McGill University, and now live in Toronto, Canada. Before Futurism I worked at AskMen and a small photography studio. In my free time, I'm an avid gardener, foodie, and craft beer lover, as well as a maker of artisanal hot pepper sauces. I have a magnificent dog named Freida. ### Author social links [Bluesky]()