Are there any islands in the Caribbean that no one owns?

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vybes_souljah

No. All 7,000+ of the islands, cays, sandbars, or maritime areas are owned by some country. The only way someone gets to "own" an island nowadays is if they get an agreement with a country to "buy" one of their islands. Usually that island that you buy is then considered as a "development zone" by the government that you buy it from.

Usually- though as a trade-off the government that you buy the island from will stipulate that you have to employ some of that country's citizens to work on your island. Moreso if your island is going to house a resort and is that large in size.

For example the Head of Government for Quebec in Canada (RenÃ© LÃ©vesque) was asked to do this when they almost purchased Eleuthera in the Bahamas in 1985.

The last island taken over was "Bird Rock" 90 miles off the coast of The Commonwealth of Dominica. Venezuela has their military there now- and they refuse to give it back to Dominica. All other Caribbean islands have been taken over because if you control an island you control all of the oil in the seas around that island. So Venezuela took over Bird Rock so they could control most of the ~1 million square miles of the Caribbean Sea in the middle of the windward islands. (and any potential oil that may be around there.)

The Commonwealth of The Bahamas has over 700 islands.

So far- you're talking a multi-million dollar deal here for a Caribbean island.

You can try seeing.
http://www.caribbeanislandbrokers.com/

One island that crossed my mind though is Navassa Island. It is situated between Cubaand Haiti. Currently the United States and Haiti are fighting over the ownership of it. But it has gotten more complicated lately because a couple of American citizens have said they have landed there on a few occasions and they too are trying to lay claims to it now too/

The dispute doesn't seem like it will be resolved any time soon.

GARY

Try Caye Caulker a Island off Belize and many smaller ones.

Bajan Princess =]

Not that i know of...even if there is an abandoned piece of land someone must own it.

Good luck with you novel. =)

Highly Favoured

I guess by now that all the islands are owned by someone. There is St Vincent and the Grenadines which includes Canouan among others.Look on the left to see some of the islands.
http://www.svgtourism.com/
There is also US Virgin Islands
http://www.usvi.net/usvi/
I guess that there are some among the British Virgin Islands that are not heard of much. One of them is owned by Sir Richard Branson of Virgin Atlantic.

The primarily habited islands besides Tortola, Virgin Gorda, Anegada and Jost Van Dyke are Beef Island,Great Camanoes, Little Camanoe, Peter Island, Norman Island, Saba Rock, Necker Island, Little Thatch, Cooper Island & Salt Island.

There are many discovered islands, cays, beaches and bays waiting to be explored by land, by area. Dead Man's Chest, Carrot Rock, Pelican Island, The Indians, The Dog Islands, Moskito Island, Prickly Pear, Eustatia, Great Thatch, Great Tobago, Little Jost Van Dyke, Sandy Cay and Green Cay.

FACT: Norman Island
Legend plays a large part in the history of Norman Island with tales of pirates and treasure caves, although the role of the island as the model for the epic â€œTreasure Islandâ€ by Robert Louis Stevenson is perhaps the most famous legend of all...more

ilovetwirls

Yes its a little island two hundred metres square called doyouhoohoo

Carolyn M

if it's fiction, just make one up and find a place in the ocean for it!

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