Aman Vir created an interactive map of his favorite obscure islands. Some you may well have heard of, such as Midway ... the world's largest uninhabited island-larger than Spitsbergen and Taiwan ...

Midway Atoll, North Pacific Ocean (CNN) -- The distance from humanity yawns out in front of you when you stand on the pale sands of this tiny Pacific island. Midway Atoll is just about the ...

Thousands of petrels and fish were also killed as huge waves swept over parts of the remote, low-lying Midway atoll. The sanctuary is home to more than two million birds. One lucky survivor was ...