10 tiniest inhabited islands in the world

10 tiniest inhabited islands in the world

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From time immemorial, people have tended to protect their homes from the outside world - with fences, walls, ditches. Some simply chose hard-to-reach places to build, such as cliffs, forests and islands surrounded by a lake, river and even the ocean. Below is a list of the tiniest but most picturesque inhabited islands in the world.

10 tiniest inhabited islands in the world

10 tiniest inhabited islands in the world 1. Island of Lake Bled, Slovenia (James Southorn/CC BY 2.0)

The Mariinsky Church is located on the island.

10 tiniest inhabited islands in the world 2. Wilhelmstein Island, Hannover, Germany (ChristianSchd)

There is a fortress-museum on the island.

10 tiniest inhabited islands in the world 3. Visovac Island, Croatia (Marz88/CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)

There is a 17th-century Franciscan monastery on the island.

10 tiniest inhabited islands in the world 4. Pontikonisi Island, Kerkyra, Greece (Ava Babili/CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

The Vlaherna monastery is located on the island.

10 tiniest inhabited islands in the world 5. Island on Lake Galve, Lithuania (Vaidotas Mišeikis/CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

Trakai Castle is located on the island.

10 tiniest inhabited islands in the world 6. Island of St. George, Montenegro (Diego Delso)

There is a Benedictine abbey on the island.

10 tiniest inhabited islands in the world 7. Island “Gospa od Skrpela”, Montenegro (Diego Delso)

The Church of Our Lady is located on the island.

10 tiniest inhabited islands in the world 8. Dunbar Island, Honduras (PilotGirl/CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)

There is a private villa on the island.

10 tiniest inhabited islands in the world 9. Mont Saint Michel Island, France (Nicolas Raymond/CC BY 2.0)

There is a town and an abbey on the island.

10 tiniest inhabited islands in the world 10. Bjarnaray Island, Iceland (Diego Delso)

There is a hunting lodge on the island.

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