List of Some Currently Uninhabited Islands
- Kermadec Islands in South Pacific, part of New Zealand
- Many small islands off the coast of Greece.
- A majority of islands in the Barra Isles archipelago. The most famous of these abandoned islands (Barra Head) is located at the southernmost point of the outer Hebrides, the island chain off the west coast of Scotland where the archipelago lies.
- Ball's Pyramid: A tall volcanic mountain located far from other islands in the Pacific Ocean.
- Chacachacare
- De Long Islands in Arctic Ocean, part of Russia
- Blasket Islands
- Navassa Island
- Bouvet Island
- Jaco (East Timor)
- Most of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago
- Clipperton Island
- Many islands in the Maldives
- Most of the Phoenix Islands, part of Kiribati
- Heard Island and McDonald Islands
- Some of the Orkney Islands.
- Many islands off the coast of Labrador
- Many islands in Lake Nipigon.
- Most of the San Juan Islands
- Santa Luzia, Cape Verde
- Skellig Michael
- Kaffeklubben Island, Greenland
- Surtsey
- Tetepare Island
- Groais Island, Newfoundland
- Some cays of the Turks and Caicos Islands
- Most of the United States Minor Outlying Islands
- Several entire atolls of The Marshall Islands
- Many small islands in Georgian Bay, Lake Huron, Canada
- Michipicoten Island, Lake Superior, Canada
- Several Alaskan islands
- Isle Royale
- Many islands within the waters of Hong Kong
- Most of small islands in the fractured archipelagoes in Kvarken, Åland and the Archipelago Sea, e.g. Märket
- Senkaku Islands
- Klein Curaçao
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