The Equinox Earth Day is celebrated on the March equinox. To mark the occasion, we've decided to present some of the world's most famous uninhabited islands.
© AP Photo / John McConnicoAn aerial view of Tindholmur islet off of Vagar Island in the Faroe Islands - a stunningly beautiful archipelago about halfway between Norway and Iceland in the North Atlantic Ocean.
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© AP Photo / John McConnico
An aerial view of Tindholmur islet off of Vagar Island in the Faroe Islands - a stunningly beautiful archipelago about halfway between Norway and Iceland in the North Atlantic Ocean.
© Flickr / Toby SimkinNanwan Monkey Island is a Chinese state-protected reserve for macaque monkeys on the southern coast of Hainan province. An island in name only, it is actually located at the Nanwan peninsula.
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© Flickr / Toby Simkin
Nanwan Monkey Island is a Chinese state-protected reserve for macaque monkeys on the southern coast of Hainan province. An island in name only, it is actually located at the Nanwan peninsula.
© Photo : Parque Nacional Isla del CocoCocos Island is a large island off the coast of Costa Rica, designated as a national park. According to a popular legend, the fabled lost gold of the Incas is buried somewhere on the island.
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© Photo : Parque Nacional Isla del Coco
Cocos Island is a large island off the coast of Costa Rica, designated as a national park. According to a popular legend, the fabled lost gold of the Incas is buried somewhere on the island.
© Sputnik / Ramil Sitdikov / Go to the mediabankChamp Island is the southernmost island of the Zichy Land group of the Franz Joseph Archipelago. A security guard of the Russian Arctic National Park on Camp Island. The island is famous for its spherical rock formations of unclear origin.
Champ Island is the southernmost island of the Zichy Land group of the Franz Joseph Archipelago. A security guard of the Russian Arctic National Park on Camp Island. The island is famous for its spherical rock formations of unclear origin.
© Flickr / John TurnbullBall's Pyramid is a part of the Lord Howe Island Marine Park in Australia, and the tallest volcanic stack in the world. Access to the island was restricted since 1990.
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© Flickr / John Turnbull
Ball's Pyramid is a part of the Lord Howe Island Marine Park in Australia, and the tallest volcanic stack in the world. Access to the island was restricted since 1990.
© Flickr / Kim BuiŌkunoshima is a small island located in the Inland Sea of Japan in Hiroshima Prefecture. During WWII it served as a site of a chemical weapons factory, but today it's famous only for its considerable feral rabbit population.
Ōkunoshima is a small island located in the Inland Sea of Japan in Hiroshima Prefecture. During WWII it served as a site of a chemical weapons factory, but today it's famous only for its considerable feral rabbit population.
© Photo : DND-MDN CanadaSable Island is located in Nova Scotia, Canada. It is sometimes called the Graveyard of the Atlantic, as about 350 shipwrecks occurred off its coast.
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© Photo : DND-MDN Canada
Sable Island is located in Nova Scotia, Canada. It is sometimes called the Graveyard of the Atlantic, as about 350 shipwrecks occurred off its coast.