UNINHABITED ISLANDS

JACO ISLAND, EAST TIMOR

Occupying an area of just 11 sq. km (4.2 sq. mi), Jaco Island is

a little uninhabited island in East Timor. Mainly covered with

tropical dry forest, the island is one of the country´s Bird Important

Areas with numerous bird species living on it.

REDONDA, ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA

Located 56 km (35 mi) southwest of Antigua, Redonda is a

small Caribbean island discovered and named by Columbus in

1493. It is home to many sea birds, and the island was an

important source of guano before artificial fertilizers

started to be mass-produced.

KO KHRAM, THAILAND

The largest island in the Bay of Bangkok, Ko Khram (also known as 

Ko Khram Yai) is a thickly wooded uninhabited island famous for

its rocky cliffs and white sandy beaches that are designated

as sea turtle conservation area.

BALL´S PYRAMID, AUSTRALIA

Located near the Lord Howe Island between Australia and

New Zealand, the Ball´s Pyramid is a high rock island of

volcanic origin formed about 6.4 million years ago.

With its height of 562m (1,844ft), it is the tallest

volcanic stack in the world.

KEATS ISLAND, CANADA

Situated on the Eastport Peninsula of Bonavista Bay near the

community of Salvage, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, the

Keats Island is a little uninhabited island and a popular kayaking

 area due the abundance of sea stacks and sea arches

found around the island.

PALMYRA ATOLL, USA

Located between Hawaii and American Samoa, Palmyra Atoll is

a little unoccupied atoll consisting of an extensive reef, lagoons

and some 50 islets. Resembling a tropical paradise, the island

is covered with coconut trees, Scaevola plants, and

tall Pisonia trees.

MAKRONISOS, GREECE

Extending over an area of 20 sq. km (7.7 sq. mi), Makronisos is

an island in the Aegean Sea. Called Helena in ancient time, the

island is now uninhabited but it used to serve as a prison island

from the time of the Greek Civil War up until the

restoration of democracy in 1974.

EIL MALK, PALAU

One of the Mecherchar Islands, a small collection of limestone or

coral reefs, Eil Malk is a 6 km (3.7 mi) long and 4.5 km (2.8 mi) wide

uninhabited island belonging to Palau. There are more than 10 lakes

on the island, including the famous Jellyfish Lake on the

east of the island.

MANANA ISLAND, USA

An uninhabited islet in the Hawaiian Islands, Manana Island is

often referred to as Rabbit Island, because its shape as seen

from the nearby shore looks like a rabbit’s head and because

it was once inhabited by introduced rabbits.

 It also serves as a seabird sanctuary.