Boing Boing: Interactive map of obscure islands. “Aman Vir created an interactive map of his favorite obscure islands. Some you may well have heard of, such as Midway, for which a major WWII naval battle was named, and North Sentinel, home of the Sentinelese. I did not know about Devon, the world’s largest uninhabited island—larger than Spitsbergen and Taiwan—or Hans Island, fought over […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/02/09/boing-boing-interactive-map-of-obscure-islands/

Been working on an islands typology for a while now. This is a fairly accurate pic of what my brain has felt like at times.

Also, not sure what I would do without post it notes...

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Intro post!

I'm an islander / islands researcher based in Jura, Scotland & interested in many things including:

#Islands #ScottishIslands #IslandsResearch #Diaspora #CommunityEmpowerment #LandReform #RuralHousing #GaelicCulture #InternalMigration #Nissology #PopulationGeography #Community #CommunityWealthBuilding #Crofting #Ferries #Depopulation #RuralHomelessness #SecondHomes #Repeopling #PeoplePlaceConnections #RuralPolicy #ReturnMigration

You can also find me at www.islandsresearcher.uk