title: Atlas of Remote Islands
text: # Atlas of Remote Islands
  
  Atlas of Remote Islands: Fifty Islands I Have Never Set Foot On and Never Will is a book by Judith Schalansky originally published in Germany in 2009 by Mare Verlag (ISBN 978-3866481176). The atlas contains maps of 50 islands chosen by the author with accompanying descriptions of their natural and human histories, often written in a subjective, impressionistic style. It was the winner of the prize for the most beautiful German book of the year in 2009, the German Design Award in 2011, and the Red Dot Design Award in 2011. The English translation by Christine Lo was published by Penguin Books in 2010 under this title (ISBN 978-0-14311820-6) or (in 2012) as Pocket Atlas of Remote Islands: Fifty Islands I Have Not Visited and Never Will (ISBN 978-1-84614348-9).
  
  The book is divided in chapters for each ocean, presenting the islands in this order:
  
  * Bear Island (Norway)
  * Rudolf Island
  * Uyedineniya Island
  
  Atlantic Ocean
  
  * Annobón Province
  * Ascension Island
  * Bouvet Island
  * Brava, Cape Verde
  * Saint Helena
  * Southern Thule
  * St Kilda, Scotland
  * Trindade and Martin Vaz
  * Tristan da Cunha
  
  Indian Ocean
  
  * Christmas Island
  * Diego Garcia
  * Cocos (Keeling) Islands
  * Île Amsterdam
  * Île de la Possession
  * Île Saint-Paul
  * Tromelin Island
  
  Pacific Ocean
  
  * Antipodes Islands
  * Atlasov Island
  * Banaba Island
  * Bokak Atoll
  * Campbell Island, New Zealand
  * Clipperton Island
  * Cocos Island
  * Easter Island
  * Fangataufa
  * Floreana Island
  * Howland Island
  * Iwo Jima
  * Macquarie Island
  * Napuka
  * Norfolk Island
  * Pagan (island)
  * Pingelap
  * Pitcairn Islands
  * Pukapuka
  * Raoul Island
  * Rapa Iti
  * Robinson Crusoe Island
  * St. George Island (Alaska)
  * Semisopochnoi Island
  * Socorro Island
  * Takuu Atoll
  * Tikopia
  
  Southern Ocean
  
  * Deception Island
  * Franklin Island (Antarctica)
  * Laurie Island
  * Peter I Island
  