18. Danger Island (Maldives)

Danger Island is found 500 miles south of the Maldives. Danger Island makes our list entirely for its fearsome moniker. The name is thought to derive from the lack of safe anchorage, which made trips to the island particularly risky for early explorers.

19. Bouvet (Antarctica)

Welcome to the uninhabited, bleakest island ever. Its cliffs are sheer. It’s almost entirely covered by glacier. In winter, its seas are pack ice and its nearest neighbor is Antarctica, 1,000 miles to the south. In short, idyllic.