Uninhabited islands

Sites that are islands or island groups, and without permanent population (except for the odd scientist).

World Heritage Sites connected to 'Uninhabited islands':

  • Aldabra Atoll "Research Officer, Island Manager and their rangers and staff"
  • Cocos Island Only park rangers
  • Delos Even if there are ruins of an ancient city on this island, it is now uninhabited.
  • Gough and Inaccessible Islands Inaccessible Island is uninhabited, Gough Island has a South African weather station
  • Heard and McDonald Islands
  • Henderson Island
  • Macquarie Island Except for base of the Australian Antarctic Division
  • Skellig Michael
  • St. Kilda Regarding Hirta: except for staff of radar tracking station, Trust and Scottish National Heritgae staff and scientific researchers
  • Sub-Antarctic Islands
  • Surtsey
  • Wrangel Island Except for ca. "27 full and part time staff"