It was a two-hour run out to Lamu Island, and the sun had already set when he dropped anchor in the lee of the uninhabited horseshoe-shaped rock.

Marotiri is a group of four uninhabited volcanic rocks protruding from the sea (and several submerged rocks), forming the southeastern end of the Austral Islands of French Polynesia.

Unmissable, also, is the large, uninhabited rock out in the bay, and it has managed to gain for itself a place in the spiritual life of Garachico.

But Spain lays claim to sovereignty of the uninhabited rock whose circumference measures less than half a mile.

It should not have taken urgent telephone calls from President Clinton to pull Greece and Turkey back from military conflict over two uninhabited rocks in the Aegean Sea earlier this week.

I believed I was stranded on some uninhabited rock.

It's freezing cold, you're all alone in the pitch dark heading for an uninhabited rock called St Kilda.

The government offered to withdraw troops occupying the disputed islet of Perejil, claimed by Morocco, in exchange for guarantees that Morocco would not reoccupy the uninhabited rock.

The raw minerals could be brought in from the uninhabited rocks of the System.

Allied aircraft had come under fire from the island - little more than an uninhabited rock supporting a navigational beacon - whilst they were attacking two Iraqi naval vessels on Jan. 22.