ITT we post obscure islands. Bonus points if they are inhabited by homo sapiens.
ITT we post obscure islands. Bonus points if they are inhabited by homo sapiens
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Super obscure one somewhere near Brazil
I think it begins with an "f" or maybe a "th"
Chatham Islands, about 600 inhabitants
Partially inhabited.
Fernando de Noronha?
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Röst
what about this one?
Scoob?
Cute island in Brittany
the "bloody islands" in Corsica
Island off the coast of Provence with a monastery and a castle
Elliðaey just south of Iceland
Gentleman. I present you Trindade and Martin Vaz.
Brits occupy the island, but we stole it from them when they are not looking.
There is around 40 army service man taken a sun bath there to hold the claim for the island, since Brits want them back.
All those islands look comfy af
Greenland, a small irrelevant island just northwest of Iceland
Berlengas, off the coast of central Portugal.
There's an old fort there and i think a small hotel.
An abbey* actually
why not iceland itself?
because Iceland is big, well known and relevant of course
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Better view of the hotel
whalsay
sounds.bl.uk
link is a conversation in whalsa, a dialect of shetlandic, which is a dialect of scots, etc.
The old fort
do lake islands count?
Bear island, between Svalbard and the mainland, population: 9.
I'd say it's well known to anyone who has had a somewhat decent education.
It's becoming a comfy thread indeed. Thanks for all your input anons.
If they do lemme post this
Yes.
Bouvet island, Norwegian island between Antarctica and Africa, population: penguins.
Ilhas Desertas, near Madeira.
They're inhabited, though not permanently.
There's a dispute between Portugal and Spain about these islands.
Our territory is expanding now.
The island was born 3 years ago.
town's called "edinburgh of the seven seas"
most remote settlement on the planet
Peter I island, Norwegian island between South America and antactica, it's in Chile's sphere of influence but we still own it, dunno why.
Looks comfy
These are probably not well known outside of Mexico, a small archipelago of islands that functions as a penal colony. They're not self sufficient and rely on the mainland for even their water suply, the military governor is also the judge on the island. It's suposed to house people with for life sentences.
Jan Mayen, not really obscure anymore.
Some 20 non-permanent residents, they have a pub.
Sometimes i forgot how fast those things happen.
If you got to be the first in the island, it's mean that it's yours?
Probably because Norway liked whaling in the Antarctic. They claimed a bunch of land down there.
Why not, after all we own an island that should belong to Canada
This island is your neighbor
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Corvo Island, the most remote island in the Açores.
There's a small village there that often gets isolated despite having a small airfield and a dock, due to the weather.
Rightful dutch clay gib back.
nice we have one of those too
Surtsey was created in the 70s but is disappearing slowly but steadily
no, one country claims the island and usually it's so close to the mainland that no other country contests it
How do I get a comfy island with only one house on it?
Yeah but that island is hilarious, canucks are eternaly butthurt by its eez.
Vila do Corvo, 400ish inhabitants.
The islas Marietas, currently closed to the public for conservation purposes
It will become government‐owned land.
>disappearing slowly
It is sad.
Here have this for future banter
>It will become government‐owned land.
But a loot of japanese own quite large islands, right?
Thanks fameux
tanna. according to the people there Prince Phillip is god
en.wikipedia.org
This island used to have its own sheep species, unrelated to the ones on the other islands.
phillip is also a brother of racially dysphoric american John Frum
en.wikipedia.org
Pitcairn.
Hit the news for the rape scandals a few years ago. (Basically the alpha/warlord of the island raped everyone.) Population of around 100 - descendants of the HMS Bounty mutineers and their Taihitan wifes.
Beat me to it.
Most people there have asthma due to inbreeding, I think there's 7 surnames on the island, but it honestly seems kind of /cosy/
i also met a kid born in tanna claiming he was King of Tanna at the time, but then he told me he was just fucking around
>Hit the news for the rape scandals a few years ago
Sounds like Clipperton Island
>"By 1917 all but one of the male inhabitants had died. Many had perished from scurvy, while others (including Captain Arnaud) died during an attempt to sail after a passing ship to fetch help. Lighthouse keeper Victoriano Álvarez was the last man on the island, together with 15 women and children.[18] Álvarez proclaimed himself "king" and began an orgy of rape and murder, before being killed by Tirza Rendon, who was the recipient of his unwanted attention."
Tasmanians aren't people, so I'm not entirely sure it counts.
What a fucking awesome view you'd have, at least.
>Some 20 non-permanent residents, they have a pub.
That's some Australian tier priorities.
I used to live in a rural town with maybe 200 people. It had two pubs and a bowling club (so, really another pub but with more poker machines).
>lives on a lonely island with no neighbors
>put a fence around the house
Scandinavian autism is boundless.
Fernando Poo
that's a hunting cabin, not a permanent residence
brownsea island
is known for having a few hundred red squirrels and not much else
Does anyone remember that thread about a year ago made by an Australian who lived on a tiny island with a population of like 30?
Comfy as fuck
St Kilda, a remote British Island that was once inhabited for who knows how long by people who lived an extremely harsh life. It's very interesting to read about.
Isle of Skye
I think we let the Portuguese win the argument as we won that whole 'African Ultimatum'. Seems like a fair trade, desu.
Canada should just take it off France.
What is France going to do it about it? The French military, like the American military, is weak and full of negro fools.
Brittany should belong to Britain.
We'll give you the Channel islands in return.
You are going to need to offer something bigger mate
Anuta- an extremely remote island inhabited by what are reported to be very happy Polynesians with an interesting social structure.
Just partially? Sup Forums told me it was completely full.
Réunion Island, comfiest French oversea département, in my opinion
God tier tbqh.
st kilda's the upper middle bogan part of melbourne
Lots of good small islands over there
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Grimsey, an island off the north cast of Iceland with a population of 86.
Weird. They must have run out of things to name roads after. St Kilda the island is fascinating, though. Imagine subsisting off of puffins for thousands of years.
France is qt as fuck.
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The 2 strips of land in the first pic are both islands actually (Sainte-Marguerite and Saint-Honorat). They're pretty nice to visit.
t. niçois
Also I guess this counts as an island, when the tide is high anyway
The Træna Archipelago, remarkably obscure even here which is sort of odd.
They have a festival every year, I went once and it was bretty fun, shitton of drugs around somehow.
I made this so I don't have to spam pics.
Dully noted
that's why i like learning about the origins of new world stuff regardless of how weird it is
Ilha da Queimada Grande, also known as "Snake Island". It's the only place in the world where a particularly venomous species of viper can be found. It is closed off to the public, to protect both the very rare species of snake as well as anyone unlucky enough to come across them. Only the Brazilian Navy and select pre-approved researches have authorization to step foot on the island, but in the old days they allowed a lighthouse keeper to live there with his family. They got SNAKED. Not a single human has lived there ever since, but the lighthouse and its keeper's former residence are still there, ghostly buildings claimed by the snake tribes.
I see this little cunt from my house. The island is quite small but it's in the narrow Oslofjord. Populated by some farmers and some prison inmates.
No idea if it's inhabitated
Ireland, absolutely irrelevant island with perhaps the ugliest name of them all, I feel physically ill reading or pronouncing it. What criminal would put those letters in that order? Disgusting.
...what's there to hunt on that island?
Ice cave on apostle island, WI
puffins mostly
the archipelago that island is a part of has the largest puffin population in the world
>iwn live in an old house on a part-time island in Yurop
The weirdness usually makes it better
That's pretty interesting.
Flu and sadness
(looks super cozy thought id spend here 3 month a year)