The 100 Largest Islands in the U.S.

[Rain Man]

63 are in Alaska
7 are in Hawaii
5 are in Michigan
4 are in California
3 are in Texas
3 are in Washington
2 are in New York
2 are in Puerto Rico
2 are in South Carolina
1 is in Alabama
1 is in American Samoa
1 is in Guam
1 is in Louisiana
1 is in Maine
1 is in Massachusetts
1 is in the Northern Marianas
1 is in the U.S. Virgin Islands

Isn't that fascinating?

[SNR]

Originally Posted by Rain Man

Be comforted in the fact that only 99 of the islands have populations listed on wikipedia, with the 100th (Duke Island, Alaska) having a question mark and no number in the population column. Therefore, my current data lists approximately 34 percent have no population.

I'm particularly interested in the one person who is listed as a resident of Seguam Island, an 80-square mile island that is way out in the Aleutians. What is this person's story? Is he/she an antisocial Aleut? A lone military person in a remote lookout spot? A castaway that people refuse to rescue but still send a census form to? I really want to know.

It's Napoleon.

[Rain Man]

Originally Posted by Saul Too

Sarah Palin

That's possible, I guess. I'm not sure you can see Russia from there, though.

However, I also note that the SS Grayback submarine visited the island in 1959. Why would they visit this island? Did they drop off a mutinous crew member? Did they set up a top secret observation post? Did they forget about one red-shirted member of the landing party?

I think this lone resident has something to do with the Grayback.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Grayback_(SSG-574)

[notorious]

Originally Posted by Rain Man

That's possible, I guess. I'm not sure you can see Russia from there, though.

However, I also note that the SS Grayback submarine visited the island in 1959. Why would they visit this island? Did they drop off a mutinous crew member? Did they set up a top secret observation post? Did they forget about one red-shirted member of the landing party?

I think this lone resident has something to do with the Grayback.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Grayback_(SSG-574)

Awesome. I know a lot about submarines, but I have not seen that class yet.

Thanks!

[pr_capone]

This image I stumbled across was pretty damn relevant.

This is an island inside of a lake on an island inside of a lake on an island.

[Joe Seahawk]

Originally Posted by Joe Seahawk

Vancouver Island.

The island is 460 kilometres (290 mi) in length and 80 kilometres (50 mi) in width at its widest point. At 32,134 km2 (12,407 sq mi), Vancouver Island is the largest Pacific island east of New Zealand,[nb 1] the largest island on the western side of North America, the world's 43rd largest island, Canada's 11th largest island, and Canada's second most populous island after the Island of Montreal. The Canada 2011 Census population is 759,366. [5] Nearly half of these (344,630) live in Greater Victoria. Other notable cities and towns on Vancouver Island include Nanaimo, Port Alberni, Parksville, Courtenay, and Campbell River.

EARTHQUAKE!!!

[Rain Man]

Originally Posted by pr_capone

This image I stumbled across was pretty damn relevant.

This is an island inside of a lake on an island inside of a lake on an island.

If there's a wormhole on this planet, it has to be there.