Here is a concise summary of the article "9 Most Mysterious Islands On Earth":
**List of Islands with Brief Descriptions:**
1. **Socotra Island** (Off Somalia): Unique, otherworldly flora and fauna, possibly the site of the Garden of Eden.
2. **Palmyra Atoll** (Between American Samoa & Hawaii): Superstition, shipwrecks, bizarre sightings, and a high concentration of sharks.
3. **Vulcan Island** (Philippines): A mind-blowing, nested island with a volatile volcano, making it extremely dangerous to visit.
4. **Easter Island** (Off Chile): Famous for Moai statues, but the genetic origins of the Rapa Nui people and their advanced structures remain a mystery.
5. **The Island of The Dolls** (Mexico): A floating garden with a haunting display of dolls, honoring a young girl's tragic death.
6. **Poveglia Island** (Off Venice, Italy): A dark history of plague quarantine and mental hospital atrocities, now forbidden to visitors.
7. **Isla Bermeja** (Gulf of Mexico): An island that appears to have vanished, sparking theories of cartographic errors, sinking, or conspiratorial cover-ups.
8. **Floating Eye Island** (Argentina): A mysterious, floating, rotating island with unexplained phenomena, fueling alien base conspiracy theories.
9. **Diego Garcia** (Indian Ocean): Shrouded in conspiracy due to the forced relocation of its inhabitants to make way for a US Naval Base, with alleged unethical practices.
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**Socotra Island**
1. Socotra Island is located off the coast of Somalia in the Indian Ocean.
2. The island is home to several plant species found nowhere else on Earth.
3. Unique plants include the Adenium socotranum and Dragon’s Blood Trees.
4. Three geographically unique bird species inhabit the island: Socotra Sunbird, Socotra Grosbeak, and Socotra Starling.
5. The island was last inhabited by humans around 100 A.D.
6. Dozens of shipwrecks have occurred on the island over the years.
**Palmyra Atoll**
7. Palmyra Atoll is located between American Samoa and Hawaii.
8. Despite its beauty, the atoll has a history of violent shipwrecks and mysterious disappearances.
9. The area is known for an unusually high number of shark sightings.
**Vulcan Island**
10. Vulcan Island is located in the Philippines, within a lake, on the island of Taal Volcano, on the northern island of Luzon.
11. The island is situated in the world’s largest crater lake.
12. Vulcan Island is located on one of the most active volcanoes in the Pacific Ocean.
13. The island has been quaking and bubbling since 1991, making it dangerous to visit.
**Easter Island**
14. Easter Island is located off the coast of Chile.
15. The island is home to the mysterious Moai statues.
16. Scientists discovered the Moai statues were designed to be moved by rocking them back and forth.
17. The Rapa Nui people, who built the Moai, have a unique genetic heritage unlike nearby South American populations.
18. Their closest genetic relatives are Pacific Islanders near Southeast Asia.
**The Island of The Dolls**
19. The Island of The Dolls is located in the Xochimilco borough of Mexico City.
20. The island's tradition of hanging dolls originated from a legend about a man honoring a young girl who died.
21. The dolls are in various states of decay, leading to eerie sightings.
**Poveglia Island**
22. Poveglia Island is located off the coast of Venice, Italy.
23. During the 14th century, the island was used to quarantine people infected with the Bubonic Plague.
24. A mental hospital was built on the island in the 1920s, where patients suffered under poor care.
25. The island is currently in disrepair and largely off-limits to visitors.
**Isla Bermeja**
26. Isla Bermeja was reportedly located off the Yucatan Peninsula in the Gulf of Mexico (on maps from the 1500s to the late 1900s).
27. Mapping expeditions in the 20th century could not find the island.
28. Experts believe the island may have been a cartographic mistake or possibly sank into the ocean.
**Floating Eye Island**
29. Floating Eye Island is located in the Parana Delta of northern Argentina.
30. The island is circular in shape and floats in a similarly shaped lake.
31. The island appears to rotate on its own axis.
32. The water surrounding the island is unusually cold and clear.
**Diego Garcia**
33. Diego Garcia Island is located in the Indian Ocean, part of the Chagos Archipelago.
34. The island was uninhabited until French colonists settled it in 1793 with hundreds of slaves.
35. The island fell under British control after the Napoleonic Wars.
36. The indigenous Chagossians were forcibly relocated in 1971 to make way for a US Naval Base.