History Main / IslandOfMystery

* {{Irish myth|ology}} has Brasil or Hy-Brasil. Said to be cloaked in mist, except for one day every seven years, when it became visible but still could not be reached.

* Versteckte Insel in ''VideoGame/{{Uncharted}}: Drake's Fortune'' is a former Spanish colony, and the game's primary setting. Home to the El Dorado statue, and all of the dark secrets that come with it, every expedition there throughout history ends in failure, up until the statue sinks into the pacific ocean at the end of the game.

* In ''{{Spellcasting 101}}'' the protagonist has to move from island to island, each of which has its own peculiarities.

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* Caves. Some might lead to TheLostWorld, ancient ruins or other [[EldritchLocation hidden mysteries]].

* ''Literature/PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians''. The Island of Ogygia, Calypso's home/prison, which cannot be reached by any normal means. The fates only allow heroes that Calypso can't help but fall in love with to wash up there, but eventually they all go, leaving her alone once again. ''Literature/TheHeroesOfOlympus'' indicates that Odysseus seemed to be working on a way to find it again, and now Leo might have the means to finish it. In any case, he's sworn on the River Styx to return there.

Not to be confused with the fan-fic FanFic/MysteryIsland or the novel {{TheMysteriousIsland}}.

Parent trope of TurtleIsland and {{Island Base}}.
Examples that function mainly as {{IslandBase}}s should be put on that trope's page.

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* The legend of King Arthur has Avalon. as described in a narrative of the life of Merlin by the medieval historian Geoffrey of Monmouth:

* Irish myth has Brasil or Hy-Brasil. Said to be cloaked in mist, except for one day every seven years, when it became visible but still could not be reached.
* ''Saint Brendan's Island'' named after Saint Brendan who claimed to have landed on it in A.d. 512 together with 14 monks, with whom he held a mass. The monastic party [[YearOutsideHourInside reported its stay as 15 days, while the ships expecting their return complained that they had been kept waiting a year]], during which period the island remained concealed behind a thick curtain of mist. The monk Barino mentioned having visited this same "Paradise" in the Atlantic, a thickly wooded mountainous island where the sun never set and it was always day: the flora were abundant, the trees bore rich fruit, the rivers ran with fresh water, and the birds sang sweetly in the trees.

* Invoked in universe in the first ScoobyDoo movie: our separated gang are invited to the Spooky Island, a resort with a ghostly and mystical theme, by the owner Mondavarious.

* The island(s) full of dinosaurs of JurassicPark and sequels. Now including abandoned research stations!

* ''Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean''. The Isle de Muerta where the cursed Aztec gold was hidden, a place shrouded in fog that could only be found by those who already knew where it was. Following the events of ''TheCurseOfTheBlackPearl'', it was reclaimed by the sea.

* The island of Leshp from the TerryPratchett novel ''Discworld/{{Jingo}}''. It tends to raise itself from under the sea on a regular basis and is covered with [[{{Cthulhu}} Chthonic]] architecture. An homage to R'lyeh, home of Great {{Cthulhu}}.

** The giant floating island of plastic in the middle of the Pacific. Looks vaguely solid, but you'd fall right through it if you landed on it. Then you'd get eaten by sharks.

Not to be confused with the fan-fic {{MysteryIsland}} or the novel {{TheMysteriousIsland}}.

* {{Australia}} seemed like this when first discovered by Europeans, due to all the bizarre wildlife.

* The island of ''Literature/CallOfCthulhu'' has ancient ruins and the [[{{Cthulhu}} Big Guy]] himself.

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* The {{Godzilla}} film series has Monster Island, home to many Kaiju, a research base and a force field containment system.

* A [[ChekhovsVolcano plot-sensitive volcano]] or a DoomsdayDevice. These islands are prone to [[ChekhovsVolcano blowing up]] and sinking into the ocean.

* Caves. Some might lead to TheLostWorld, ancient ruins or other [[Eldritch Location hidden mysteries]].

* Caves. Some might lead to TheLostWorld, ancient ruins or other hidden mysteries.

Not to be confused with the fan-fic {{MysteryIsland}} or the novel {{MysteriousIsland}}.

** The giant floating island of plastic in the middle of the Pacific. Looks vaguely solid, but you'd fall right through it if you landed on it. Then you'd get eaten by sharks.