remote islands
Distant ocean outposts
Remote islands are landmasses isolated by great distances from continents or major population centers.
The phrase emphasizes inaccessibility and separation from the wider world: Scientists studied endemic species on remote islands in the Pacific.
Remote islands often appear in discussions of biodiversity, military strategy, or escape from civilization.
- atollRing-shaped reef island
- archipelagoChain of scattered islands
- volcanic islandLand formed by eruptions
- indigenous communityNative peoples' collective settlement
- caySmall coral island
islet · endemic species · food insecurity · marine sanctuary · climate change impact · isolated · seamount · uncharted waters · cultural preservation · nautical chart · invasive species · oral tradition · subsistence fishing · outrigger canoe · lagoon · coral reef · mangrove forest · tropical paradise
- islandsisland, isle, isles, islet, islets
- unexplored placesdeep sea, unmapped, undiscovered, deep ocean, uncharted
- remote placesdistant, far, faraway, afar, far away
- Atlantic IslandsAzores, Bermuda, Madeira, Cape Verde, Iceland
- South AtlanticFalklands, Saint Helena, South Georgia, St. Helena, Benguela Current
- Pacific mapsisland maps, coral atolls, nautical maps, nautical charts, marine charts
remote islandsmainland
Principal connected territory
continent · peninsulas · peninsula · heartland · coastal regions
remote islandsurban centers
Densely populated municipal areas
capital cities · heartland · central business districts · downtown areas