Uninhabited islands on Earth are still preserved.They are not inhabited and not mastered for one reason or another, including financial, political, environmental and even religious. The list of uninhabited islands can be almost endless, but the most interesting of them, each with its own history, are presented below.
Okunoshima Island
This uninhabited island is located in threekilometers from one of the Japanese coasts. Mostly rabbits live here, but they are not indigenous people. It is almost impossible to meet a person on Okunoshim. The island is abandoned. Once it housed a factory that produced chemical weapons, which were equipped with the Japanese army for almost 20 years, until 1945. After the occupation, the plant was dismantled, and laboratory animals (rabbits) were released. Japan has been hiding information about the island for many years. In 1988, the Museum of poisonous gas was opened on the site of the plant, but tourists appear on the island not to visit the museum, but to communicate with the cute Okunoshima rabbits.
This is an archipelago of individual volcanic islands,which are located in the south of New Zealand. The mystical name of the archipelago is derived from the fact that it has geographical coordinates opposite to Great Britain. The islands are dominated by strong winds and a cold climate. Shipwrecks and numerous deaths accompany its history. The last incident dates back to 1999, when two people were killed in a shipwreck. Nevertheless, those wishing to visit the islands are more than enough.
Jacques Island
Uninhabited island, the map of which is lost inocean state of East Timor - in the past the Portuguese colony. You will not meet permanent residents here because this place is especially sacred for the Timorese. They believe that anyone’s presence can defile him. Nevertheless, excursions and motorboats are only welcome, because they bring good dividends to the Timorese. Since 2007, it has been part of a Timorese national park called NinoConis Santana.
The island is a coral atoll in southern Mexicoand west of Guatemala in the Pacific. For the first time, Clipperton was mastered by the French, over time by the Americans, who used to extract guano on it (a dung of mice and seabirds), which is a very good fertilizer for the soil. The territory of Clipperton was annexed by Mexico in 1897, the British company began to engage in mining the island of guano. After the Mexican Civil War, the inhabitants of the island (100 people) were isolated from the whole world, without transport and food. The surviving islanders were rescued and evacuated to the mainland. Clipperton was uninhabited. Sometimes people appear on the island - members of various scientific expeditions.
North brazer
The island is located just 350 meters from New York,however, he suffered the fate of many other islands. It became a reservation for patients with such dangerous infectious diseases as smallpox, typhoid, and tuberculosis. On the island was the famous Riverside Hospital. In 1942, it was closed, and after the war, they settled first with veterans. After the resettlement of veterans, the island became a haven for drug addicts until 1963, when the drug dispensary was closed due to corruption and extreme cruelty to the sick. Despite the fact that the island is chronically deserted, it is now referred to as an illegal tourist attraction.
Hashim - "Warship"
Uninhabited islands in Japan are numerous.15 km from Nagasaki is the island of Hashima, called the people "Warship". Once the island served as a coal barge and was actively developed for almost 100 years. When there was already nothing to mine there, 5,000 residents left it. The remaining high-rise buildings from a distance look like a big liner. In 2009, a desert island became available to tourists for reference.
Lazaretto Nuovo
There are also uninhabited islands in Italy.This is Lazaretto Nuovo, located at the entrance to the lagoon near Venice. Previously, there was located a monastery, whose territory in 1468 turned into a quarantine for ships sailing to Venice, to protect the inhabitants of the city from the plague. In the 18th century, all quarantine buildings were freed, and the island acquired the status of a military base. The army of Italy left the island in 1975, and it became empty. After Lazaretto Nuovo turned into a museum, he became interested in tourists.
Uninhabited island "Tree"
This is one of the objects of the Paracelins group.The ownership of it is controversial, as it is administered by the province of Hainan, which belongs to China, but, like all the other Paracel Islands, belongs simultaneously to Vietnam and Taiwan. Tourists visit the island with a special permit.
Palmyra Atoll
This uninhabited island is located in the distancemore than 1600 km from the Hawaiian Islands, but relates to US property. Officially, it is not organized. During World War II, a landing strip was built there by military forces, which eventually collapsed completely. Today, the Atoll is owned by the Department of Fisheries.
What islands are uninhabited and deserted?
There are many reasons why people do not live.on some of the islands of the earth. The main ones - the island is too small on the territory, located far from the mainland, there is no source of fresh water on it.
