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
History of Smooth Island (Tasmania) although a lease could be arranged, ownership of all islands was reserved for the government. A publication from 2011 indicates Smooth Island may have been used to grow vegetables for the Port Arthur penal settlement, which was in operation from 1833 to 1853. However this claim cannot yet be verified. On 19 February 1863 Thomas Reid commissioned the surveyor general, James Erskine Calder, to assess the island. In his survey, Calder determined the island was , lightly timbered, with about suitable for agriculture with little or no clearing. He believed that the remaining portion of the land could be cleared