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El Ojo: The mysterious floating island in Argentina's swampland that looks like a perfectly round eye

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El Ojo is a mysterious, uninhabited floating island in Argentina 's swampy Paraná Delta .

Its name, meaning "the eye," comes from the island's striking resemblance to a perfectly round oculus when seen from above.

Filmmakers drew attention to the island in 2016 after researching material for a documentary.