Separating the Sea of Okhotsk from the North Pacific Ocean −1,250 kilometres from the southern tip of the Kamchatka Peninsula southwards to the Japanese island of Hokkaido− the 22 main islands and 30 smaller islets of the Kuril Islands (Russian: острова́) chain a…
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Layang-Layang Island, also known as “Swallows Reef,” is a man-made island and was originally constructed as a naval base for the Malaysian Navy which later developed another dive resort, Layang-Layang Island Resort. The island is an oceanic atoll of the…
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In the center of the Sulu Sea, 90 miles south of Palawan Island, lies Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park known for its extraordinary biodiversity, excellent examples of unspoiled reefs, and breathtaking drop-offs into the open ocean. As one of the Philippines’ oldest ecosystems, the…
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Lying off the northwest coast of Lombok, just over 2 hours direct from Serangan Harbor in Bali and 1 hour 15 minutes direct from Padang Bai Harbor in Lombok is a trio of islands known as The Gili Islands. These idyllic islands have long attracted travelers in…
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For Freddie Mercury fans, Zanzibar may not be foreign to their ears. The biopic Bohemian Rapshody (2018) brings back Zanzibar as a fragment of the earliest life story of the lead vocalist and songwriter of the British-based rock band Queen. The first ever…
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Isolated and idyllic, saturated by the Pacific Ocean and bordered by coral reefs, the Pitcairn Island proposes cinematic landscapes and history. Pitcairn is the only inhabited island in a group of four remote, volcanic islands that outlie the Tuamotu Group in…
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Nowhere in the Arctic is the bravery of early polar exploration more plainly obvious than in Franz Josef Land. This 191-island archipelago is notoriously isolated, but a small cruise ship with a fleet of Zodiacs allows visitors to discover the…
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The volcanic Aleutian Islands stretch between the United States and Russia in the Bering Sea. The archipelago’s largest community goes by two names: Unalaska and Dutch Harbor. These remote, mostly uninhabited islands are an area of stunning beauty and …
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Bear Island is almost heart shaped and lies at 74 degrees North in the western part of the Barents Sea. The island is part of the Svalbard archipelago. You can definitely say that Willem Barentsz has put his mark on the polar area. The Dutch cartographer and…
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Covering an area of 300 km² and is approximately 40 kilometers (25 miles) long and 10 kilometers (6.2 miles) wide, Tobago is the smaller, sleepier, more rustic, and less populated twin island nation of Trinidad and Tobago. Although considered one country, there are so…
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Known as the “Isle of Devils,” the string of islands of Bermuda, is a history-filled paradise as a welcoming stepping-stone in the Atlantic. The unfortunate nickname came from tales of eerie spirits inhabiting the islands— now thought to be the loud indigenous callings of…
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