Devil's Island (Kourou) Devil's Island (Kourou) Devil's Island (French: Île du Diable) is the third-largest island of the Salvation's Islands, an island group in the Atlantic Ocean. It is located approximately 14 km (9 mi) off the coast of French Guiana in South America just north of the town of Kourou. It has an area of 14 ha (34.6 acres). The island was a part of a controversial French penal colony located in French Guiana for 101 years, from 1852 to 1953. Although it was the smallest part of the penal colony, it is notorious for being used for internal exile of French
Ocean Island Railway Ocean Island Railway The Ocean Island Railway (later Banaba Island Railway) was a long guano mining railway with a gauge of initially , and after 1937 of and finally on Ocean Island (later renamed Banaba Island). The track ran from the northern guano mining areas along the coast through the European Settlement (English:Tabwewa, French: Tapiwa) and the Native Labour Quarters (Tabiang, Tapiang) to the depot and Boat Harbour (Uma, Ooma). Initially steam locomotives of Orenstein & Koppel (O&K) and a saddle tank locomotive of Bagnall were used. One O&K locomotive was named "Florence", one had the number 7 (O&K works