Following the release of new documents, Niantic has removed a Pokémon GO PokéStop that was located on Little Saint James, also known as Epstein Island, after it received widespread attention online.
A structure called the Sun Clock, or Sun Dial, is located on Jeffrey Epstein’s former private island. Public attention to this spot increased significantly after the Department of Justice made almost three million pages of related documents available on January 30, 2026.
Starting February 7, 2026, players of a popular game noticed a virtual landmark, called a PokéStop, had appeared on Little Saint James island. Since the island is private and off-limits, players used location-spoofing technology to access the stop within the game. The Silph Road subreddit became the central place for players to share information and track the PokéStop’s status as they discovered it.
After fans discovered Epstein’s island had a pokestop- niantic removes it
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How the Epstein Island Pokestop appeared in Pokemon GO
People discovered the Sun Clock location started with Niantic’s earlier game, Ingress. Kotaku reported the spot was probably added as an Ingress Portal sometime between 2020 and 2021.
Pokemon GO and Ingress use a shared database of locations. Because of this, places officially designated as portals in Ingress often become Pokéstops in Pokemon GO.
Players recognized the image used to mark the stop, and believe it came from drone footage posted on YouTube in July 2019. They think the image shows a sundial that can be found on the island.
Niantic’s rules for adding locations to its games require safe, public access. Because Little Saint James is a private island with no public access, it doesn’t qualify.
Niantic officially confirmed on February 9, 2026, that a particular PokéStop would be removed. GAMINGbible was the first to report this, pointing out that Niantic rarely comments on individual PokéStop removals, but made an exception to verify this one.
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