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Encyclopedia > List of uninhabited islands

This is a list of islands with no human inhabitants.

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Isla de Alborán is an island on the Alborán Sea, located about 1/3 of the way from Morocco to Spain. ... Aiguilles Island is an uninhabited island just to the northeast of Great Barrier Island in the North Auckland district of New Zealand. ... Alegranza is an island situated in the Atlantic Ocean located to the coast of Africa and is in the province of Las Palmas next to the province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife in the Canary Islands, an autonomous region of Spain and is the northernmost point in the Canary Islands... Alofi is an island in the Pacific Ocean belonging to the French territory of Wallis and Futuna. ... Atlasov Island from space, September 1992 Atlasov Island Located at 50°50′ N 155°30′ E , Atlasov Island, known in Japanese as Oyakoba, is the northernmost island of the Kuril islands, part of the Sakhalin Oblast in Russia. ... The Auckland Islands (50°42′ S 166°5′ E) form a sub-antarctic archipelago of New Zealand. ... This article is about Ailsa Craig, a Scottish island. ...

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Balta is an uninhabited island in Shetland, Scotland, lying east of Unst and Balta Sound. ... The Balleny Islands (66°55′ S 163°45′ E) form a chain of uninhabited, mainly volcanic, islands in the Southern Ocean streching from 66°15 to 67°35S and 162°30 to 165°00E. The group contains three main islands: Young, Buckle and Sturge, which lie in a... Balls Pyramid is a volcanic stack 16 km (10 miles) southeast of Lord Howe Island. ... Bass Rock from North Berwick. ... Birnie Island (Birnie Atoll, Birney) is a small coral island, 20 hectares in area, part of the Phoenix Island Group, which belongs to the nation of Kiribati. ... Bishop Rock is a small rock at the westernmost tip of the Isles of Scilly in south west England known for its lighthouse, and listed in the Guinness Book of Records as the smallest island in the world. ... BlÃ¥ Jungfrun, or BlÃ¥kulla, is a Swedish island in the Baltic Sea. ... orthographic projection centred over the Bounty Islands The Bounty Islands (47°42′S 179°04′E) are a small group of 13 islets and numerous rocks in the south Pacific Ocean which are territorially part of New Zealand. ... The Brothers may mean: The Brothers, an important double summit in the Olympics of Washington state The Brothers Wilderness, a wilderness area surrounding them The Brothers, small islands in Hong Kong The Brothers, a 2001 movie This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that... Buck Island Reef National Monument, or just Buck Island is a small, uninhabited, 176-acre island about 1. ... This is a map of the Bailiwick of Guernsey. ...

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Cabrera is one of the minor Balearic Islands belonging to Spain, just south of Majorca, in the Mediterranean Sea, at approximately 39° 9 N, 3° E. It is the largest of a small archipelago of islands and islets, including (from south to north) the Estells de Fora, LImperial, Cabrera... Canon Rock is an uninhabited island situated to the east of Kearney on the Ards Peninsula, County Down. ... Cardigan Island (Welsh: Ynys Aberteifi) is a small, uninhabited island lying north of Cardigan, Wales. ... NASA orbital photo of Caroline Island. ... The Casquets (49° 43. ... Chapel Island is a limestone outcrop that lies in the Leven estuary of Morecambe Bay in England, less than one mile (1. ... Conspiracy Island is a privately-owned island situated in the Assonet River off Berkley, Massachusetts. ... Copinsay is one of the Orkney Islands in Scotland, lying off the east coast of the Orkney Mainland. ... Coquet Island is a small island of about 6 ha, situated 1. ... Little Cumbrae is an island in the Firth of Clyde, Scotland. ...

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There are very few or no other articles that link to this one. ... Davaar Island is located at the mouth of Campbeltown Loch off the east coast of Kintyre, in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. ... The De Long Islands are an uninhabited archipelago often included as part of the New Siberian Islands, lying north east of Novaya Sibir. ... Devon Island, Nunavut. ... Map of Pitcairn Islands, with inset of Ducie Island Ducie Island, a rarely visited island atoll, has been part of the Pitcairn Islands since 1902. ... Desecheo Island is located 20 km from the west coast of the main island of Puerto Rico, in the northeast of Mona Passage. ... Image:3524-lg. ...

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Eddystone is a group of rocks about 14 miles off the coast of England southwest of Plymouth, on which there is an important lighthouse (Eddystone Lighthouse) indicating the approaches to the English Channel. ... Map of the far northwestern Marquesas Islands (modified from a screenshot of a map from MSMaps) Eïao is the largest of the extreme northwestern Marquesas Islands. ... A NASA satellite photograph of Elephant Island Elephant Island is an ice-covered, mountainous island off the coast of Antarctica in the outer reaches of the South Shetland Islands in the Southern Ocean. ... English Island is an uninhabited Island that is part of the Isles of Scilly, although it is realistically no more than a rock. ... Isla de los Estados (Staten Island) is an island that lies on the Le Maire Strait off the eastern extremity of the Argentine portion of Tierra del Fuego. ... Eynhallow is a small island, part of the Orkney Islands Scotland. ...

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Fairway Rock (65° 37. ... Categories: Stub | Orkney Islands ... Farallon de Pajaros (from Spanish Farallón de los pájaros, meaning Birds Rock), also known as Urracas (from Spanish Urracas, meaning Magpies), is the westernmost island in the Northern Mariana Islands chain. ... The Inner Farne seen from Seahouses harbour The Farne Islands (also referred to less formally as the Farnes) are a group of islands off the coast of Northumberland, England. ... Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: Multiple unofficial anthems Capital London Largest city London Official language(s) English (de facto) Unification    - by Athelstan AD 927  Area    - Total 130,395 km² (1st in UK)   50,346 sq mi  Population    - 2005 est. ... Filfla is a small, barren, uninhabited islet 5 km south of Malta, and is the most southerly point of Maltese Archipelago. ... The Flannan Isles (Scottish Gaelic: na h-Eileanan Flannach) are an island group in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland, lying several miles west of Lewis. ... Motto: (Eng: No one provokes me with impunity)1 Anthem: Multiple unofficial anthems Capital Edinburgh Largest city Glasgow Official language(s) English, Gaelic, Scots 2 Government Constitutional monarchy  - Queen of the UK Queen Elizabeth II  - Prime Minister of the UK Tony Blair MP  - First Minister Jack McConnell MSP Unification    - by... Flint Island is an uninhabited coral atoll in the central Pacific Ocean, part of the Southern Line Islands belonging to Kiribati. ... Foulney Island is a low-lying grass and shingle area 1 mile (1. ...

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Garbh Sgeir (Gaelic, trans. ... Gáshólmur is a small islet on the southside of Sørvágsfjørður in the Faroe Islands. ... Gruinard Island is a small Scottish island, located in Gruinard Bay, about halfway between Gairloch and Ullapool. ... The Garvellachs are a group of small islands in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland. ... Goli otok in Adriatic sea Goli otok (literal translation: barren island) is an island off the northern Adriatic coast, located between Rabs northeastern shore and the mainland, in what is today Republic of Croatias Primorje-Gorski Kotar county. ... View from Goat Island towards American Falls Goat Island is a small uninhabited island in western New York in the United States. ... Grassholm (Welsh: Ynys Gwales) is a tiny, uninhabited island off south west Pembrokeshire in Wales, lying west of Skomer. ... Green Island (青洲) is an island off the coast of the northwest coast of Hong Kong Island in Hong Kong, separated by the Sulphur Channel. ... Gruney is a small, uninhabited island in Shetland, Scotland. ... Gyaros (Greek: Γυάρος) is a arid and unpopulated Greek island of the northern Cyclades near in the islands Andros and Tinos, with an area of 23 square kilometres. ...

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Hans Island, 1 August 2003, HDMS Triton Hans Island (Greenlandic/Inuktitut: Tartupaluk, Danish: Hans Ø, French: Île Hans) is a small uninhabited barren knoll measuring 1. ... Hart Island, sometimes referred to as Harts Island is a small uninhabited island in New York City at the western end of Long Island Sound. ... Hascosay is a small island lying between Yell and Fetlar in the Shetland Islands. ... Hauturu/Little Barrier Island lies off the northeastern coast of New Zealands North Island. ... Map of Pitcairn Islands. ... Hildasay is an island off the west coast of the Shetland Mainland. ... Flat Holm (Welsh: Ynys Echni) is a Welsh island lying in the Bristol Channel approximately 3. ... Categories: UK geography stubs | English islands ... Horse Isle is a small, rocky, uninhabited island in the Firth of Clyde, in Scotland. ...

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Inaccessible Island (Dellbridge Islands) (in Antarctica) and the Inaccessible Islands (South Orkney Islands). ... Inchgarvie is a small island in the Firth of Forth to the east of Scotland. ... Isla del Rey is the largest island in the Pearl Islands in the Gulf of Panamá. Its current name is probably more a religious reference (Christ the King) rather than to a secular king. ... 19th-century Spanish map showing the Chafarinas Islas Chafarinas is a group of three small islands located in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Morocco, 48 km (30 mi) to the east of Melilla and 3. ...

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Kaho‘olawe is the smallest of the 8 main volcanic islands in the Hawaiian Islands. ... Kolbeinsey is a volcanic island 100 km off the northern coast of Iceland, 74 km NNW North of the island of Grimsey. ... Kruzof Island is an island in the Alexander Archipelago in southeastern Alaska at 57°10 N 135°42 W. It is about 16 km (10 miles) west of Sitka. ...

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Lítla Dímun Lítla Dímun is a small island between the islands of Suðuroy and Stóra Dímun in the Faroe Islands. ... Hauturu/Little Barrier Island lies off the northeastern coast of New Zealands North Island. ... Lobos is a group of uninhabited islands near the Canary Islands. ...

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NASA orbital photo of Malden Island (north at bottom). ... Manuae is an uninhabited atoll in the southern group of the Cook Islands 100 kilometres south-east of Aitutaki. ... Map of Manuae Country France French Polynesia Archipelago Society Islands Leeward Islands Region South Pacific Ocean Area 4 km² Coastline - km Highest elevation - - m Population  - Density 0 ppl. ... Middle Mouse (Welsh: Ynys Badrig) is an uninhabited island situated 1 kilometre off the north coast of Anglesey; it is the northernmost point of Wales. ... Mingulay (Scottish Gaelic: Miughalaigh) is the largest of the Bishops Isles in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. ... The Minquiers and Ecréhous are two groups of islands and rocks forming part of the Bailiwick of Jersey, Channel Islands. ... Moho Tani (sometimes also called Motane) is a small island southeast of Hiva ‘Oa in the southern Marquesas Islands. ... Mona Mona (a. ... The Monach Islands, also known as Heisker (Scottish Gaelic: Eilean Heisgeir), are an island group west of South Uist in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. ... Motu Iti (sometimes also called Hatu Iti) is one of the northern Marquesas Islands in French Polynesia. ... Image of northwestern Marquesas Islands. ... The name Motu One, meaning Sand Island is a generic term for a low-lying, sandy islet which cannot sustain permanent habitation. ... Mousa is a small island in Shetland, uninhabited since the nineteenth century. ... Montagu Island is the largest of the South Sandwich Islands, located in the Weddell Sea off the coast of Antarctica at 58°25′S 26°23′W. NASA satellite photograph of Montagu Island Orthographic projection centred on the South Sandwich Islands South Sandwich Islands The desolate, uninhabited island measures approximately... Montecristo, part of the Tuscan archipelago. ...

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Nightingale Island is an island in the South Atlantic Ocean located just south of Tristan da Cunha and Inaccessible Island. ... Nikumaroro atoll as photographed from earth orbit on 16 April 2001. ... 1995 USGS Photograph of Nomans Land Island Nomans Land is an uninhabited island 628 acres (2. ... Nordaustlandet (sometimes translated as North East Land) is the second largest island of Svalbard, with an area of 14,600 km². As its name suggests, it lies north east of Spitzbergen. ... North Brother Island is an island in the East River situated between the Bronx and Rikers Island. ...

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Map of Pitcairn Islands. ... Out Stack or Oosta is the northernmost of the British Isles, lying immediately to the north of Muckle Flugga and 3 km north of the island of Unst. ... The Okinotori coral reefs or Okinotori Islands ), formerly called Parece Vela (Portuguese or Spanish for it looks like a sail), are located at , 1740 km south of Tokyo, Japan. ...

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Papa Little is an island in Shetland, Scotland with an area of around 2 km². It lies north west of the Shetland Mainland, south of Muckle Roe and has been uninhabited since the 1840s. ... Mercator projection: public domain Online Map Creation The Isla Perejil (Parsley Island in Spanish; Arabic: Leila, night[probably just an adaptation from a romance form li(s)la the island], local i. ... The Pentland Skerries are a group of four uninhabited islands lying in the Pentland Firth, north east of Duncansby Head and south of South Ronaldsay in Scotland. ... Plana Cays is an uninhabited atoll in the Bahamas. ... The Poor Knights Islands are a group of uninhabited islands off the east coast of the Northland Region of the North Island of New Zealand. ... Pulau Tiga is an uninhabited island in the Pacific Ocean, off the coast of North Borneo. ...

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Rockall, a small, isolated rocky islet in the North Atlantic Ocean Rockall is a small, rocky islet in the North Atlantic, in the exclusive economic zone (EEZ) of the United Kingdom. ... North Rona, often just called Rona, is a remote Scottish island in the North Atlantic. ... Rose Atoll, sometimes called Rose Island, is an oceanic atoll within the U.S. territory of American Samoa. ... Rottumeroog (or also known as Rottum) is one of the three islands that make up Rottum, a group of islands that are part of the West Frisian Islands archipelago. ... Rottumerplaat is one of three islands that make up Rottum of the West Frisian Islands in the North Sea, Netherlands. ... The Rock Islands of Palau are a small collection of limestone islands in Palau, an island nation of the Pacific Ocean. ... Redonda is an uninhabited island dependency of Antigua and Barbuda. ...

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Map of Pitcairn Islands. ... See also Saint Croix an island in the United States Virgin Islands Saint Croix Island, or Dochet Island as it is called today, is a small uninhabited island in Maine located at 45° 07′ 42″ N 067° 08′ 02″ W, near the mouth of the Saint Croix River that forms... Samson is one of the biggest uninhabited islands in the Isles of Scilly. ... Santa Luzia (Portuguese for Saint Lucia) is an island of the Barlavento archipelago in Cape Verde located between São Nicolau and São Vicente. ... The Savage Islands (in Portuguese: Ilhas Selvagens; actually means Salvage, not Savage) form a small archipelago in the North Atlantic Ocean between Madeira (280 km) and the Canary Islands (165 km). ... Motto: Das ilhas, as mais belas e livres (Of the islands, the most beautiful and free) Anthem: A Portuguesa (national) Hino da Região Autónoma da Madeira (local) Capital (and largest city) Funchal Portuguese Government Autonomous region  - President Alberto João Jardim Independence    - Settled 1420   - Autonomy 1976  Area  - Total... Scarba shown within Argyll Na h- Urrachann, Isle of Scarba, looking North towards the Slate Islands. ... Scott Island (67°24′ S 179°55′ W) is a small uninhabited island of volcanic origin in the Southern Ocean, 505 km northeastward of Cape Adare, the northeastern extremity of Victoria Land. ... The Senkaku Islands ) are a group of disputed, uninhabited islands currently administered by Japan, but also claimed by the Peoples Republic of China (PRC) and the Republic of China (ROC/Taiwan). ... Shag Island is an islet in the Magdalen Islands chain in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence in Canada. ... Sheep Island is a small grassy area just over 1/4 mile (400 m) from the shore of Walney Island, opposite Snab Point. ... Skerhólmur is a small islet in the middle of Sørvágsfjørður on the island of Vágar, Faroe Islands. ... Skokholm is an uninhabited island off south west Pembrokeshire in Wales, lying south of Skomer. ... Skomer is an island off south west Pembrokeshire in Wales. ... Staats Island is one of the Falkland Islands, lying between Beaver Island and Weddell Island. ... Fingals Cave around 1900 View from West to East Staffa (Norse for staff, column, or pillar island), an island of the Inner Hebrides in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. ... Island as seen from space Starsuck Island, also known as Volunteer Island, is an uninhabited coral atoll in the central Pacific Ocean, part of the Southern Line Islands belonging to Kiribati. ... Surtsey, sixteen days after the onset of the eruption Surtsey (Icelandic: Surturs island) is a volcanic island off the southern coast of Iceland. ... The island of Swona (Old Norse for “Swains Island”) is the northern of the two islands situated in the Pentland Firth between the Orkney Islands and Caithness on the Scottish mainland. ...

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Tearaght Island is an uninhabited island situated to the west of the Dingle Peninsula, County Kerry. ... Tetepare Island seen from space. ... Tindhólmur is a islet on the southside of Sørvágsfjørður. ... The Brothers or Mo To Chau (磨刀洲, or 大小磨刀洲) consist of two islands in Hong Kong, the East Brother (小磨刀洲) and the West Brother (大磨刀洲). The group of islands lie in the north of Lantau Island, midway between...

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U Thant Island, officially Belmont Island, is an island in the East River across from United Nations headquarters at 42nd Street on Manhattan in New York City. ...

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Vostok Island, also known as Staver Island, is an uninhabited coral island in the central Pacific Ocean, part of the Line Islands belonging to Kiribati. ... Vementry is an uninhabited island in Shetland, Scotland, lying south of Muckle Roe and north of the Westland peninsula of the Shetland Mainland. ...

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Location of Whakaari/White Island Whakaari/White Island is situated 48 km from the east coast of the North Island of New Zealand, in the Bay of Plenty. ... For White Island in the Bay of Plenty, New Zealand, see Whakaari/White Island White Island is the name of two islands off the New Zealand coast. ...

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The islands are a self-governing Overseas Territory of the United Kingdom, but have been the subject of a claim to sovereignty by Argentina since the early years of Argentina's independence from Spain.
Argentina has continued to claim sovereignty over the islands, and the dispute was used by the military junta dictatorship as an excuse to invade and briefly occupy the islands before being defeated in the two-month-long undeclared Falklands War in 1982 by a United Kingdom task force which returned the islands to British control.
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