Uninhabited islands

Sites that are islands or island groups, without permanent population on the entire site (except for the odd scientist or park ranger).

World Heritage Sites connected to 'Uninhabited islands':

  • Aldabra Atoll "Research Officer, Island Manager and their rangers and staff"
  • Bikini Atoll
  • Cocos Island Only park rangers
  • Gough and Inaccessible Islands Inaccessible Island is uninhabited, Gough Island has a South African weather station
  • Heard and McDonald Islands Never inhabited
  • Henderson Island
  • Macquarie Island Except for base of the Australian Antarctic Division
  • Malpelo Malpelo is uninhabited except for six soldiers, rotated biannually, plus 10 more from the patrol boat. (UNEP WCMC)
  • Rock Islands presently uninhabited, after the villages were abandoned in the 17th/18th century
  • Sceilg Mhichíl
  • St. Kilda Regarding Hirta: except for staff of radar tracking station, Trust and Scottish National Heritgae staff and scientific researchers
  • Sub-Antarctic Islands
  • Surtsey Never inhabited
  • Wrangel Island Except for ca. "27 full and part time staff". Presumed never inhabited.