8 Dangerous Islands ​You​ ​Should​ ​Never​ ​Set​ ​Foot​ ​On

Most people think of islands as beautiful and among the best places to spend a vacation, but did you know that there are some islands on the planet where you will most likely not return, not in one piece or alive? Surprisingly, the majority of these islands have become dangerous due to human activity, while only a few have become dangerous due to natural causes. Here are ten of the deadliest and most dangerous islands you should never visit.

• Vozrozhdeniya Island: Uzbekistan

Voz Island floats on the Aral sea and its territory is split between Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan. In 1948, a top secret Soviet laboratory was constructed there experimenting on bioweapons whilst testing on variety of agents such as smallpox, anthrax, plague, brucellosis and tularemia. In 1971, weaponized smallpox was released accidentally from the lab which infected ten people, eventually killing three of them.

When the base's secrecy was breached in the 1990s by one of the Soviets' own defectors, the island's residents were evacuated and the base was completely abandoned until 1991. It eventually became a ghost town. Many of the containers left behind were not properly destroyed or sealed, and have since leaked. Despite the fact that many of the sites had been decontaminated by 2002, the island still scares the people who live on it.

• North Sentinel Andaman Island: India

Sentinel of Truth Andaman Island is a remote island in India's Andaman Sea. The Sentinelese people live in the island's north and are opposed to any contact with the outside world. They are the last people left unaffected by modern civilization. And they prefer to be left alone in their own little world. They greet visitors with spears and arrows, and no outsider has ever been reported to survive. Two Indian fishermen were killed by natives in 2006 after their boat accidentally drifted too close to the island. The tribe escaped the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake by throwing stones and shooting arrows at the helicopters.

• Gruinard Island: Scotland

By 1881, the oval-shaped small Scottish island had a population of six people, but it has been inhabited since the 1920s. Because of the British government's biological warfare experiments, the island was kept secret. The scientists experimented with the Anthrax Bacterium, which killed all of the island's animal species and contaminated the soil. It was deemed too expensive to decontaminate it for public visits, but by the twentieth century, it had been disinfected. Until 2007, no Anthrax was discovered in the island flocks, but the human population remained zero.

• Reunion Island: Indian Ocean

This island has been inhabited since the 17th century. The island is amazingly beautiful and a tourist attraction. The problem is that the water surrounding it has a huge number of sharks! During 2011 and 2015, 17 shark attacks have been reported out of which 7 were fatal. In 2013, there was a ban on swimming, surfing and bodyboarding on more than half of the coast. The prefect of Reunion also announced that 45 bull sharks and 45 tiger sharks will be culled from the waters. Now that is good news but go swim around at your own risk.

• Enewetak Atoll: Marshall Islands

This island was also a victim of US nuclear testing. During the cold war, more than 30 megatons of TNT were detonated. During 1977 and 1980, a concrete dome known as the Runit Dome was constructed to deposit radioactive debris and contaminated soil; however, the Renut Dome is deteriorating and could be breached at any time by a typhoon. The lagoon's sediments are even more contaminated than the elements contained within the dome. That is a dangerously amusing situation.

• Ramree Island: Burma

Ramree Island in Myanmar has a tumultuous history. During WWII, the Japanese were defeated by the British and attempted to flee through the island's swamp. They had no idea that the island's main inhabitants were Salt Water Crocodiles. They number in the thousands. No soldier was able to flee, and the predators captured all 400 of them alive. (According to one report, some of the soldiers survived the crocs but died later from dehydration or dysentery. The incident was listed in the Guinness Book of World Records as the greatest disaster caused by animals to humans.

• Bikini Atoll: Marshall Islands

This island is located in the Pacific Ocean and is a part of the Marshall Islands. In 1946, its entire population was evacuated to the neighboring island because the United States had to carry out their nuclear tests over there. 23 nuclear explosions, including a hydrogen bomb were bombarded till 1958. Even though half a century has passed, the food grown over here is still contaminated. Make sure you never get stranded on this island, if the ocean couldn’t kill you, the food will.

• Poveglia Island: Venice, Italy

It is a small island located between Venice and Lido in Northern Italy. The island has a pretty dark history. The island reportedly has black pits where the victims of Plague were buried after being quarantined here. By a rough estimate, over 100,000 people have died here. In 1922, the island also became a home for mentally retarded where a doctor allegedly experimented on patients with crude lobotomies. He later committed suicide by jumping off a tower claiming he had been driven mad by the ghosts.