Then check out this gallery for insight on some of the largest uninhabited islands in the world ... working your way down your Christmas bucket list or baking up dozens of batches of Christmas ...

The entire BVI archipelago consists of more than 15 inhabited islands and dozens of uninhabited islands. The British Virgin Islands' main island is Tortola, home to a majority of the islands ...

NAHA--A Chinese-affiliated company, not Beijing, bought about half of the uninhabited isle of Yanahajima, located north of Okinawa Prefecture’s main island, local officials told The Asahi Shimbun.

The existing 150-year-old bothy on Eilean an Taighe, an island in the Shiants Two bothies have been proposed as visitor accommodation on the Shiants, a small group of uninhabited islands off Lewis.