uninhabited
adjective
un·in·hab·it·ed
ˌən-in-ˈha-bə-təd 
: not occupied or lived in by people : not inhabited
an uninhabited island/house
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The men floated on an ice floe and used lifeboats to reach the uninhabited Elephant Island.
Shackleton and a few crew members then embarked on a risky trek across hundreds of miles of violent seas to South Georgia island to search for rescuers.
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Ashley Strickland, CNN, 15 June 2024
Shackleton and his crew piled into three lifeboats, then made a difficult five-day journey to uninhabited Elephant Island.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 June 2024
Made up of five archipelagoes and 118 islands, nearly half of them uninhabited, this pinch-me place is a popular setting for screensaver graphics and wall calendars.
—David Dickstein, Orange County Register, 13 June 2024
With over 400 islands across the park, travelers with boats or sea kayaks will adore sailing or paddling to these uninhabited gems, where great opportunities for photography await.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 6 June 2024
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Ashley Strickland, CNN, 15 June 2024
Shackleton and his crew piled into three lifeboats, then made a difficult five-day journey to uninhabited Elephant Island.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 June 2024
Made up of five archipelagoes and 118 islands, nearly half of them uninhabited, this pinch-me place is a popular setting for screensaver graphics and wall calendars.
—David Dickstein, Orange County Register, 13 June 2024
With over 400 islands across the park, travelers with boats or sea kayaks will adore sailing or paddling to these uninhabited gems, where great opportunities for photography await.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 6 June 2024
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“Uninhabited.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/uninhabited. Accessed 2 Jul. 2024.
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