Did you know?

There are over 100,000 inhabited islands throughout the world.

It is impossible to calculate the exact the amount of islands in the world because new islands emerge and submerge all the time. Currently there are about 2 million islands in the world altogether. That's really a lot!

An island is any piece of sub-continental land that is surrounded by water.

You get oceanic and sub-continental islands.

An island in a river or lake is called an eyot. It can also be called a holm.

Sometimes an island is joined to another island or mainland by a causeway or land bridge but its still called an island.

Groups of islands are called archipelagos.

Crannogs were small man-made islands in Irish and Scottish lochs.

Most crannogs were in use from the Iron Age to the early Medieval times. There is even a crannog in Scotland (Outer Hebrides - Uist) that dates back to the Neolithic Age (3200 -2800BC).

Crannogs were often areas of defence. The word dun means fort in Gaelic. Many crannogs had a dun or broch tower. The crannogs were reached by stepping stones or a stone/wooden bridge. They were also reached by boat.

The crannogs and eyots often had trees and bushes on them as they were protected from grazing animals.

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Here is that link to those islands - more than just beach finds!

When you talk about beach combing and beach finds etc islands are great. They are isolated and usually have really unusual finds or isolated beaches with amazing amounts of shells on the beach.

We live on an island and access to beaches is so easy, if the weather is good enough...

There are about 7 awesome beaches within a short drive.

On the mainland there are many who only get to the beach or sea once a year on summer holidays. When there are so many tourists on the beach its difficult to find anything as someone has usually got to it before you or trampled on it.

Low tide and high tide are important as they both bring their benefits.

Another thing that seems to come with islands though is ghosts. Scary!!!!! The island we live on has more than its fair share of ghosts and hauntings and it seems its not alone! many stories here and actual sightings and sometimes its just plain unpleasant! Other places seem to be worse,....or more publicised. Not that you would find a ghost on the beach, well at least not in daylight but night-time is another story!

Look at these (and they don't even include the Isle of Wight - which is also called Ghost Island)

http://www.ghostisland.com/isle_of_wight.aspx

The 5 scariest islands on earth

Extract: The idea of a remote island often brings up images of palm trees, coronas, and relaxation. Paradoxically, an island can also be terrifying. You are surrounded by water on all sides and can feel cut off from modern society. Sometimes things so terrifying can occur on remote islands that it seems the energy of these events linger and transform these island paradises to island horrors.

Alcatraz Island

The Islands of Hawaii

Seguin Island

Island of the Dolls

Poveglia Island

- http://www.paranormalhaze.com/the-5-scariest-islands-on-earth/