Island Week is technically over, but we had to squeeze one more post in after loyal reader woowoowoo alerted us to Low Isles, off Port Douglas, Queensland, Australia. The Low Isles comprise of Low Island to the West and Woody…

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…

Located in the North Pacific Ocean, Wake Island was an island of great strategic importance during World War II, and over the last few days it's been in the news again, as is it was directly in the path of…

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

At first glance Hart Island in the Long Island Sound, New York, seems a rather inconspicuous little island. Dig a little deeper... and things get a little more disturbing. In 1869 Hart Island was established as the City's public cemetery…

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…