Unlike many of the other rare and remote islands I have featured in the past week, Kure Island in Hawaii is not up for sale.  However, this remote Hawaiian Atoll is certainly a South Pacific gem.

The island, which is the western most atoll in the Hawaiian Archipelago is also the northernmost of the islands and lies further from the equator than any other shallow-water coral reef ecosystem on Earth. The atoll, which is about 10km across, consistes of a cirucular reef enclosing a large sandy lagoon.

Despite being large in size the atoll, only has a small habitable region.  Green islannd, located in the south-east corner of the atoll is the only significant landmass on Kure and is less than a kilometre in size. The island is uninhabited and is currently a state wildlife refuge.

 Source: Ocean Dots.