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This is a list of car-free islands: islands inhabited by humans which have legally restricted or eliminated vehicle traffic from their territories. This section needs expansion . You can help by adding to it .
Bay Island January 2013. Bay Island is a small island located halfway down Balboa Peninsula in Newport Beach, California. It is the only island in the Newport Beach harbor islands that does not allow car traffic. The island is accessible via a small bridge that will only accommodate golf carts.
Inaccessible Island is a volcanic island located in the South Atlantic Ocean, 31 km (19 mi) south-west of Tristan da Cunha. Its highest point, Swale's Fell, reaches 581 m (1,906 ft), and the island is 12.65 km 2 (4.88 sq mi) in area. The volcano was last active approximately one million years ago and is now extinct. [2]
On a recent spring day, a tour group wound up dirt roads and through locked gates in a small caravan of cars, before parking near the center of the range. Volcanic domes rose above a green meadow ...
Niʻihau's owners have offered half-day helicopter and beach tours of the island since 1987, [55] although contact with residents is avoided and no accommodation exists. [56] Since 1992, [ 57 ] hunting safaris provide income from tourists who pay to visit the island to hunt eland , aoudad , and oryx , as well as wild sheep and boars .
Where to stay. The Avila Beach Hotel is located just five minutes’ drive from the centre of Willemstad and has its own section of pristine private beach, as well as an outdoor swimming pool ...
Figure Eight Island is a barrier island in the U.S. state of North Carolina, just north of Wrightsville Beach, widely known as an affluent summer colony and vacation destination. [2] The island is part of the Wilmington Metropolitan Area , and lies between the Intracoastal Waterway and the Atlantic Ocean .
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