Consisting of 29 atolls and 5 separate islands, the Republic of the Marshall Islands could have been Island Week all on its own. It probably could have been island month - all but 9 of the atolls are inhabited, and…

No man is an island, but in Gambia I've found James Island and it even comes complete with Fort James! Thanks: Mememe

Cockburn Island is a 'ghost' island in Ontario, which despite the apparent signs of life (there's a small town and marina) has an official population of zero. The 1996 census listed a population of just two, but both people had…

(It's Island Week all this week at GGSS, which means we'll mostly be posting about Islands. Catchy name, huh?) The tiny volcanic island of Iwo Jima, part of the Ogasawara Islands, is just over 1000km south of Tokyo. It was…

After the roaring success of Annual Volcano Day a while back we're adding a new event to the GGSS calendar - Island Week! For the rest of the week (or until we get bored) we'll be posting sights related to…

Baikonur Cosmodrome is the world's oldest and largest operational space launch facility where you can clearly see the Energia, Soyuz and Proton launch platforms. Located in what is now Kazakhstan, the facility was named Baikonur to confuse the West of…