Bali Island (Gods), Indonesia

Bali is the name of a province in Indonesia and also the name of the largest island that is part of the province. In addition consists of the island of Bali, Bali province consists of the islands smaller in the vicinity, namely the island of Nusa Penida, Nusa Lembongan Island, Nusa Island and Island Ceningan attack.

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Alcatraz Island (U.S.): house first lighthouse on the Pacific Coast

Alcatraz Island (sometimes referred to as simply Alcatraz or by pop-culture name, The Rock) is a small island located in the middle of the San Francisco Bay in California, USA. This serves as a lighthouse, the fort military, the military prison followed by a federal prison until 1963, when it became a national recreation areas. The first European to discover the island was Juan de Ayala in 1775, who charted the San Francisco Bay and named the island "La Isla de los Alcatraces", meaning "island of pelicans".

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THE WORLD ISLANDS (Dubai): man-made islands in the world map.

Ever wish the world smaller? The world is a man-made archipelago of 300 islands in the world map. The World is built primarily using sand dredged from the sea. Each island ranging from 23,000 m2 to 84,000 m2 (250.000 to 900.000 square feet or 5.7 to 21 hectares) in size, by 50-100 m of water between each island. The development will cover an area 9 km in length and 6 km wide, surrounded by an oval breakwater.

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Maldive ISLANDS: archipelagic country with 1192 paradisiacal island.

Maldives is an archipelago consisting of a bunch atolls in the Indian Ocean. Maldives is located south India Lakshadweep islands, and about seven hundred kilometers (435 miles) south-west of Sri Lanka. 26 Maldives' atoll covers an area featuring a 1192 island, about two hundred are inhabited by local communities.

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EASTER ISLANDS (triangle Polynesia, Chile): world heritage sites and one of the most isolated populated islands in history

Easter Island is one island in the world's most remote inhabited. It is 3600 km (2237 miles) west continental Chile and 2075 km (1290 miles) east of Pitcairn. Today, is a Chilean-governed island, and is a world heritage site with many islands that are protected by the Rapa Nui National Park.

First settled by a small party Polynesia, Easter Island is one of the youngest inhabited regions on Earth, and for most of its history it was inhabited the most remote regions on Earth. Its Rapanui population has experienced famine, epidemics, civil war, slave raids and colonialism, have seen their population crash in more than one occasion, and created a cultural heritage that has brought them fame of all proportion to their numbers.

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Sealand (Kingdom): The smallest island in the world

Kingdom of Sealand is an island and is located in Fort HM micronation roughs a former Maunsell Sea Fort located in the North Sea 10 km (six miles) off the coast of Suffolk, England, in what is claimed as territorial waters using a twelve-nautical-miles radius.

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PALM ISLANDS (Dubai)

The Palm Islands in Dubai are the three biggest man-made island in the world. They are being built by Nakheel Properties, a property developer in the UAE, who hired the Dutch marine and dredging contractor Van Oord One world specialists in land reclamation. The islands are The Palm Jumeirah, The Palm Jebel Ali and The Palm Deira. Islands located off the coast of the UAE in the Persian Gulf, and will add 520 km beach into the city of Dubai.

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SURTSEY (Islandia): The emerging island

Off the coast of Iceland on the morning of 14 November 1963, the crew of a fishing trawler alone saw an alarming sight. Go to the southwest II Ísleifur, dark column of smoke was rising from the water. Concerned that it could be another boat in flames, the ship's captain directed toward the scene. Once there, however, they found not a boat but a series of explosions of violence produce ash. This is a clear indication of the volcanic eruption occurred under water, close to the surface. Very aware of the potential danger but eager to watch, the crew kept their boat nearby. Indeed, the extraordinary events that they will see a small part of all morning that: the formation of a new island.

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Gunkanjima (Japanese): Island of ghosts (and forbidden)

Gunkanjima was one of 505 uninhabited islands in Nagasaki Prefecture about 15 kilometers from Nagasaki itself. The island is inhabited by 1887-1974 as mining facilities. The island is best known feature is the abandoned concrete buildings and walls surrounding sea. This is known as coal mines and their operation during the industrialization of Japan. Mitsubishi bought the island in 1890 and started the project, the purpose of which took coal from the seabed. They built Japan's first concrete edifice, a apartment block in 1916 to accommodate their growing ranks of workers, and to protect against hurricane damage.

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