List of fictional islands explained
Below is a list of islands that have been invented for films, literature, television, or other media.
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- The Abarat: 25 islands in an archipelago, one for each hour and one for all the hours, from the series The Books of Abarat by Clive Barker
- Absolom: a prison island in the movie Escape from Absolom
- Acidophilus: an island in Greece appearing in the adventure game Spy Fox in "Dry Cereal"
- Aepyornis Island: an atoll near Madagascar, in H. G. Wells' story by that name
- Al Amarja: Mediterranean island state in the Over the Edge roleplaying game
- Alabasta: an island inspired by Egypt in the One Piece manga series
- Alca/Penguin Island: an island off the northern shore of Europe, where penguins were transformed into humans (in fact, a satirical analogue of France) in the 1908 novel L'île des Pingouins by Anatole France
- Alderney: an island and borough based on northeastern New Jersey in Grand Theft Auto IV
- Algonquin: an island and borough based on Manhattan, New York City in Grand Theft Auto IV
- Alola: the archipelago where the video games Pokémon Sun and Moon and Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon are set, consisting of Melemele Island, Akala Island, Ula'ula Island, Poni Island and the artificial island Aether Paradise.
- Altis: a fictional Mediterranean island in the 2013 video game ARMA 3
- Altruria: from the novel A Traveler from Altruria by William Dean Howells
- Amity Island: from the book and film Jaws
- Angel Island: a major location where Knuckles the Echidna is from in the Sonic the Hedgehog video game series
- Angel Island: an island in the Pacific Ocean in Inez Haynes Gillmore's novel of the same name
- Antonio Island: an island in the coast of Oregon, the main setting of the film The Fog
- Ape Atoll: from RuneScape
- Ape Island: from The Simpsons
- Apollo: from the video game , the main setting for the second chapter of the game
- Armorel: part of the Channel Islands, the setting for the film Appointment with Venus
- Astigos Island: an independence-seeking territory of the fictional country of the Mediterranean coastal nation of Lukano from the game Time Crisis 3
- Athena: from the video game , the main setting for the first chapter of the game
- Atlantis from Plato's dialogues
- Atoll K: from Laurel and Hardy's last movie
- Ahtohallan: a mystical glacial island in the Arctic from Frozen II
- Atuan: island in Ursula K. Le Guin's Earthsea books
- August Bank Holiday Island: a fictional Commonwealth nation featured in The Goodies, found 'between Easter Island and Christmas Island'. In the Commonwealth Games, August Bank Holiday Island won and took over the Commonwealth Nations.
- Auk Modu: the main setting of Lost Island Theme Park
- Avalon: from Arthurian legend, also the home of Oberon in Disney's Gargoyles animated series
- Avra: the smallest of the three Lone Islands in The Chronicles of Narnia series, home of Duke Bern
- Azkaban: island prison in the Harry Potter series
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- C Island: from the Nintendo game StarTropics
- Cactuar Island: from Final Fantasy VII and Final Fantasy VIII
- Camp Wawanakwa: from Total Drama, particularly Total Drama Island, Total Drama Revenge of the Island, Total Drama All-Stars, and the revival[2] [3]
- Candy Apple Island: The Simpsons
- Candied Island: The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack
- Caprona, also Caspak: from The Land That Time Forgot and its sequels
- Carlotta: small island off the coast of Peru in the movie The Bribe, reused to comic effect in Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
- Casanga: island on the west coast of Africa in the 1936 film Song of Freedom
- Caspiar: fictional island nation home of Andy Kaufman's character Latka. It sank.
- Cascara: main setting of the film Water
- Castaway Island: where the castaways live in Pirate Islands
- Cayo Perico: private island in the Caribbean Sea owned by the Colombian narco-trafficker Juan "El Rubio" Strickler in Grand Theft Auto Online. It is mostly based on Norman's Cay, but also bears some resemblance to Hacienda Nápoles.
- Chausible Island: from the novel The New Paul and Virginia
- Chicken Island: an island that appeared in the FETCH! with Ruff Ruffman spin-off Ruff Ruffman: Humble Media Genius
- Cinnabar Island: site of the seventh Gym in the Game Boy game Pokémon Red and Blue.
- Clanbronwyn: a small island off the coast of Anglesey in the adventure game Trilby's Notes
- Club Penguin: the island featured in the game Club Penguin
- Cobra Island: small Island in the Gulf of Mexico. Sovereign nation of Cobra from G.I Joe comics.
- Coral Island: from the boy's book by R. M. Ballantyne
- Coral Island: from the animated series The Smoggies
- Corto Maltese: from comics
- Corona: small island of the Kingdom of Corona from Tangled
- Costa Estralita: from the film Princess Protection Program
- Crab Island: poor Caribbean island shaped like a crab, under the domination of Crocodile Island, in the Patrouille des Castors comics
- Crab Island: an island in the Caribbean Sea, from the children's novel Peter Duck by Arthur Ransome
- Crab Key: Dr. No's hideout in the first James Bond movie
- Craggy Island (off the coast of Ireland): setting of sitcom Father Ted
- Crescent Island: a crescent-shaped island in the video game Final Fantasy IV
- Crocodile Island: Caribbean island shaped like a crocodile, with a dictatorial government which seems to be heavily influenced by Tahiti, in the La Patrouille des Castors comics
- Crocodile Isle: home of the Kremlings in the Donkey Kong series.
- Crusoeland: another name for Atoll K
- Centaur Island: Xanth novels by Piers Anthony
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- Edwards Island: setting of the game Oxenfree
- Egret Island: from the novel The Mermaid Chair
- The El Nido Archipelago: setting of the game Chrono Cross
- Ember Island: from
- Erangel: a fictional abandoned island that is located in the Black Sea near Russia in the 2017 battle royale game PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds
- Eroda: a fictional island from Harry Styles' music video for "Adore You"
- Estard: the only landmass left in the present world of Dragon Quest VII
- Estillyen: from the books by William E. Jefferson
- Eureka: from the movie Eureka
- Executive Bathroom Island: from the Family Guy episode "Tales of a Third Grade Nothing"
- Eye Land: a small lake island in
- Eventide Island: from the video game
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- Fantasy Island: from the eponymous television series
- Fearing Island: island site of rocket base in the Tom Swift, Jr. novels
- Felimath: the second largest of the three Lone Islands in The Chronicles of Narnia series
- Fernandos: the destination for matched couples on Take Me Out
- Finnigan Island: the island where John Patterson and one of his friends washed up on during a big storm in the 1999 cartoon of For Better or For Worse
- Flyspeck Island: from Curtis
- Isle of Fogg: the only one of the 23 (fictional) Outcropp Islands off the west coast of Scotland to be inhabited. It features in San Sombrèro: A Land of Carnivals, Cocktails and Coups.[5]
- Forsaken Fortress: an island in the GameCube game, The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker
- Fibber Island: a made-up island in a song by They Might Be Giants
- Fraxos: a fictional island in The Magus, a novel written by John Fowles
- Fur Step Island: a fictional island in the Nintendo Switch game, Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury
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in the TV series of the same name
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an adult web animation from Venezuela
- Isla Sorna: site of InGen's "Site B" (The Lost World and Jurassic Park III)
- Isle Delfino: setting of Super Mario Sunshine
- Isle de Gambino: an island town from the online community Gaia Online
- Isle Esme: a series of islands from Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer
- Isle o' Smiles: the seemingly paradisiac island from the video game Dragon Quest VI
- Isle of Armor: Pokémon franchise
- Isle of the Damned: an island from the video game Chrono Cross
- Isle of the Storm: a small lake island in
- Isle of Perpetual Tickling: an island from the Veggietales episode "Esther, the Girl Who Became Queen"
- Itchy Island: from the American TV cartoon Camp Lazlo
- Izayoi Island: from the Japanese anime TV series Stitch! based on the Disney animated film Lilo & Stitch
- Isle of View: from the Xanth novels by Piers Anthony
- Isle of Illusion: from the Xanth novels by Piers Anthony
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- Jabberwock Island: a fictional island from the Danganronpa series
- Jambalaya Island: an ex-pirate island in the Caribbean, turned to a tourist attraction center, in the game Escape from Monkey Island
- Jarnesia Island: a fictional island from the French/Canadian animated television series Totally Spies!
- Javasu: an island in the Indian Ocean, the alleged country of "Princess Caraboo"
- Jean Bonney Island: in the Bay of Bengal, scene of Biggles and the Deep Blue Sea (1967)
- Jinsy: in the BBC TV series This is Jinsy
- Jorvik: the setting of the Starshine Legacy series, Star Academy, Star Stable and Star Stable Online
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- Pahkitew Island: from the animated TV series Total Drama
- Pala: island utopia in Aldous Huxley's Island
- Palanai, an island neighboring Banoi, which is near Papua New Guinea, and the setting for .
- Panau: from Just Cause 2
- Pangabula Island: an island in the children's television story show Jay Jay the Jet Plane
- Pantala: a continent in the book series Wings of Fire by Tui T. Sutherland
- Papuwa Island: From Papuwa
- Paradis: an island from Attack on Titan manga and anime series, where most of the story takes place. The island is modeled after Madagascar.
- Paradise Island (later known as Themyscira): in the Wonder Woman comics
- Parrot Island: The Suite Life on Deck
- Pescespada Island: from the movie The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
- Phatt Island: an island in the Caribbean in the game
- Pharmaul: a large island five hundred miles off the south west coast of Africa in The Tribe That Lost Its Head[11] and Richer Than All His Tribe by Nicholas Monsarrat
- Phraxos: a Greek island that is the setting for much of John Fowles' postmodern novel, The Magus. It is based on the real Greek island of Spetses
- Piggy Island: is an island where the characters from the Angry Birds franchise reside.
- Ping Islands: from the movie The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
- Pi'illo Island: from the fourth installment of the Mario and Luigi RPG series, Mario and Luigi Dream Team
- Plunder Island: a pirate island in the Caribbean in the game The Curse of Monkey Island, part of the Tri-Island area (governed by Elaine Marley)
- Pokoponesia: island nation from the animated version of The Tick
- Pom Pom Galli: an uninhabited island or atoll from the movie The Sea Chase, starring John Wayne and Lana Turner
- Pondelayo: island featured in Joan Lindsay's Through Darkest Pondelayo, a novel she wrote under the pseudonym Serena Livingstone-Stanley
- Poodle Island: island prison from FETCH! with Ruff Ruffman
- Prawn Island: from and
- Proasis Island: a fictional island from the French/Canadian animated television series Totally Spies!
- Punk Hazard: an island in the New World in the One Piece series
- Pyrrhia: a continent in the book series Wings of Fire by Tui T. Sutherland
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- Ramita de la Baya: "Twig in the Bay" a small island dividing the United States and Mexico in Red Dead Redemption
- Rastepappe: Pacific island inhabited by koalas and badgers in the children's book and TV series Archibald the Koala
- Riten Kyo: from the video game Samurai Shodown Warrior's Rage 2
- Riven: from the adventure computer game Riven
- R'lyeh: home of Cthulhu in H. P. Lovecraft's fiction
- Rockfort Island: from the video game
- Roke Island: the island where the wizard school in the Earthsea trilogy, by Ursula K. Le Guin, is based
- Rokovoko: from the Herman Melville novel Moby-Dick (Queequeg is from Rokovoko)
- Rokkenjima: from the visual novel Umineko no Naku Koro Ni
- Roo Island: an island in Neopia
- Rook Islands, the setting of the video game Far Cry 3; a small island cluster somewhere between Thailand and New Guinea
- Round Island: from the video game Final Fantasy VII
- Rugged Island: from the sitcom Father Ted, next door to Craggy Island
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- The Sabaody Archipelago: from the One Piece manga series
- Sahrani: a fictional island in the 2006 video game, ArmA: Armed Assault
- Saint Caro: the fictional Caribbean island setting featured in Albert H. Z. Carr's novel Finding Maubee
- Saint Eustace Island: a fictional island off the coast of Collinsport, Maine in the television series Dark Shadows
- Saint George's Island: a fictional island in Yes Prime Minister
- Saint Honoré: a fictional Caribbean island featured in Agatha Christie's novel A Caribbean Mystery
- Saint Marie: a fictional Caribbean island featured in Death in Paradise. It is implied that the island is either a British protectorate or a Crown Colony
- San Esperito: an island nation from Just Cause
- San Lorenzo: the setting for much of Kurt Vonnegut's novel Cat's Cradle
- San Monique: the setting of the James Bond film Live and Let Die
- San Piedro Island: Washington: from the novel Snow Falling on Cedars by David Guterson
- San Serriffe: April Fools' Day joke, The Guardian
- Sand Island: from the video game
- Sandy Island
- Sannikov Land: a real world phantom island in the Arctic from Vladimir Obruchev's novel Sannikov Land (1926) and its Soviet film adaptation Sannikov Land (1973)
- Sans Souci (island of no worries): small private island featured in novel Deirdre, the Wanderer, by Jonnie Comet[12]
- Santa Marta: a fictional Caribbean island in the novel and film Island in the Sun
- Santa Prisca: a fictional Caribbean island; home country of the DC Comics supervillain Bane
- Scabb Island: an anarchic pirate island in the Caribbean in the game
- Scheria: island in Homer's Odyssey, where Odysseus meets Nausicca and Alcinous
- Seal Island: The Suite Life on Deck
- Seahaven Island: an artificial island from The Truman Show
- Seven Bay Island: an island off the coast of the Northeastern United States, in the Austin family series of books by Madeleine L'Engle. Setting of the novel A Ring of Endless Light
- Sevii Islands: a region in the fictional Pokémon universe, introduced in the Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen video games
- Shadow Moses Island: from Metal Gear Solid video game
- Sheena Island: from the game Resident Evil Survivor
- Ship-Trap Island: the setting of Richard Connell's story The Most Dangerous Game
- Shipwreck Island: the meeting place of the Brethren Court in
- Shutter Island: the setting of the movie, directed by Martin Scorsese, titled Shutter Island
- Sicmon Islands: a chain of six islands in the South Pacific (Arbah, Katie, Katin, Ta Fin, Quepol and Typ), figuring in Nick Bantock's novels of The Griffin and Sabine Trilogy
- Sinnoh: location in the Pokémon universe
- Skeleton Key: an island just off of Cuba, known in Spanish as 'Cayo Esqueleto', in the novel of the same name from the Alex Rider series by Anthony Horowitz
- Skira: an island near China and Russia that is occupied by the People's Liberation Army in the game
- Skull Island: the island King Kong is from, also a duck-shaped island in the computergame The Curse of Monkey Island
- Sky Island: a flying island, setting for Sky Island by L. Frank Baum
- Skypiea: an island in the sky, from the One Piece manga series
- Smugglers' Island: Smugglers' Island is an island off the Devon coast. It is very near the village of Leathercombe Bay. The main setting of Evil Under the Sun by Agatha Christie
- Island of Sodor: between England and the Isle of Man, the setting for the Reverend Awdry's Thomas the Tank Engine railway network managed by "The Fat Controller".
- Soldier Island: an island in the coasts of Devon, the primary setting of And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
- Soleanna: an island kingdom from the 2006 video game Sonic the Hedgehog, based on Venice, Italy
- Solgell Island: from the 1967 Japanese movie Son of Godzilla
- Solís: an island nation from Just Cause 4
- Southern Island in , a Japanese animation
- Southern Isles: the homeland of Hans from Disney's Frozen, inspired by Denmark
- Southern Mauristemo Islands: an internet hoax
- SPECTRE Island: location of a SPECTRE training facility in the James Bond film From Russia with Love
- Spidermonkey Island: a floating island in Hugh Lofting's The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle
- Spoon Island: home of Wyndemere Castle, across the harbor of Port Charles, New York (fictional city), fictional island on the soap opera General Hospital.
- Starfish Island: from and
- Sula: a Scottish island featuring in an eponymous series of children's books by Lavinia Derwent
- Sunda: a former Dutch colony, neighbouring Indonesia but not part of it, in Eric Ambler's State of Siege (the name "Sunda" has many real-life connotations, but is not in reality the name of one specific island)
- Spider-Skull Island: from The Venture Bros.
- Spindrift Island: off the coast of New Jersey, in the Rick Brant novels by John Blaine
- Summerisle: a fictional Hebridean island and the setting of Robin Hardy's 1973 movie The Wicker Man
- Summerset Isle: the homeland of the High Elves from Bethesda's Softworks' The Elder Scrolls
- Summer Camp Island: an island where most monsters live and where most magic exists in the TV series Summer Camp Island
- St Gregory: a Channel Island in the TV series Island at War
- Struay: a Hebridean island, the setting of the Katie Morag series of picturebooks by Mairi Hedderwick
- Swallow, Flint, Mango & Mastodon Islands: in the children's novel Secret Water by Arthur Ransome
- Syberia: an island in the Arctic from the game by the same name and its sequels by Benoît Sokal
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- Uffa: mentioned in Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's story "The Five Orange Pips"
- Unova: Pokémon Black and White
- Utopia: from Sir Thomas More's book of the same name
- Uncharted Island: an uncharted island from
- Useless Island: an island on the plane of Ixalan, named by the planeswalker Jace Beleren, in lore
- Uzo Island: an island in Phantasy Star II where the Maruera tree is said to be found
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- Yara: setting of Far Cry 6; a Caribbean island ruled as a dictatorship, evocative of Cuba (which exists in the game's world as well and is implied to be in close proximity to Yara)
- Yew
setting for The Enchanted Island of Yew by L. Frank Baum
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See also
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