Green Island (Dorset) Green Island (Dorset) Green Island is an island in Poole Harbour in the English county of Dorset. It lies in the central south part of the harbour, south of Brownsea Island and Furzey Island. The island is an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB), Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) and Special Protection Area (SPA). The island covers approximately at low tide while the central raised part of the island is approximately . The island is covered in extensive woodland in the centre, made up of Scots pine with several small zones of heathland. The island also has a large
Côn Sơn Island Côn Sơn Island Côn Sơn, also known as Côn Lôn, is the largest island of the Côn Đảo archipelago, off the coast of southern Vietnam. Its French variant Grande-Condore was well-known during the times of French Indochina. Marco Polo mentioned the island in the description of his 1292 voyage from China to India under the name "Sondur" and "Condur". In Ptolemy's "Geography", they are referred to as the "Isles of the Satyrs". In 1702, the English East India Company founded a settlement on this island (the English called it <nowiki>'</nowiki>Pulo Condore<nowiki>'</nowiki>) off the south coast of southern Vietnam, and in