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Blocks of [[flotsam]], about the size of a chopping-board, bearing the name "Tjipetir" (a plantation in the [[Dutch East Indies]]—now [[Indonesia]]—operating in the late 19th and early 20th centuries), were washed up on the beaches of northern Europe for some time through 2013 and 2014.<ref>{{cite webnews |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-30043875 |website=www.bbc.co.uk |publisher=BBC |access-date=1 December 2014 |title=Tjipetir mystery: Why are rubber-like blocks washing up on European beaches?|work=BBC News |date=December 2014 }}</ref> They are believed to be blocks of gutta-percha from the Japanese liner ''[[Miyazaki Maru]]'', which was sunk {{convert|150|mi|km}} west of the [[Isles of Scilly]] in 1917.