15 Creepy Islands That No One Is Allowed to Visit
Islands no one visits always carry a different kind of quiet. The air feels heavier, the shorelines look like they are waiting for something, and even the waves seem careful about what they touch. Remote land tends to feel different when humans retreat completely.
Each abandoned speck of rock ended up with its own unsettling story. Outbreaks that never fully vanished, experiments nobody wants to talk about, wildlife that took the hint and claimed the place for itself. Everything wrapped in a silence that feels unusually alert.
Time to wander through spots where isolation turns unnerving and every visitor would be one too many.
Eglin Island, USA
Unexploded Air Force ordnance keeps the area classified as fully restricted.
Kerguelen Islands, Indian Ocean
Only scientific teams access this remote territory due to constant high winds and isolation.
Bermeja, Gulf of Mexico
The island cannot be visited because no verifiable evidence of its existence has been confirmed.
Heard and McDonald Islands, Australia
Harsh weather and strict wildlife protection rules leave these volcanic islands closed to tourism.
Bouvet Island, South Atlantic
Extreme remoteness and heavy ice cover make sanctioned landings nearly impossible.
Chagos Archipelago, Indian Ocean
Military control overrides civilian access and prevents displaced residents from returning.
Niihau, United States
Private ownership restricts entry to residents and guests approved by the island’s stewards.
Hashima Island, Japan
Most of this abandoned mining settlement remains fenced off due to severe structural collapse risks.
Gruinard Island, Scotland
Former anthrax experiments still influence access rules despite extensive cleaning efforts.
Poveglia, Italy
Unstable buildings and a long record of plague quarantines keep the site closed to visitors.
Surtsey, Iceland
Only selected researchers may enter this new volcanic island to monitor untouched ecological growth.
Vozrozhdeniya Island, Kazakhstan
Decades of Soviet biological tests left hazardous contamination that keeps the public away.
Morgan Island, USA
Rhesus monkeys carrying Herpes B live here under strict federal oversight that prevents public entry.
Snake Island, Brasil
Thousands of golden lancehead vipers occupy this small island, prompting a full government prohibition.
North Sentinel Island, India
Indian authorities block all access because the isolated Sentinelese reject contact with complete hostility.
