Credits

Island is built on open data, open typefaces and photographs that their makers chose to share. Here is every source, its licence and the credit it asks for.

Updated

The lists below are produced from the same records the site is built from, so a new dataset, photo or typeface appears here as soon as it’s used. For how the data becomes scores, see How we research.

Data

Each dataset was fetched by our build scripts and turned into the charts and scores. The credit line is the attribution its licence asks for.

Other sources

Typefaces

Both typefaces are open source, self-hosted and used under their licences.

Photographs

There are 127 photographs of 26 islands, all from Wikimedia Commons. Each one’s location was checked against its description, categories or camera position before we used it. Photos are resized, and some are cropped, to fit the page.

Rarotonga · five photos

Aitutaki · five photos

  • Motu Akaiami, on the eastern side of Aitutaki lagoon.

    Photo: Tom Ackroyd, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

  • Looking out from Maungapu, Aitutaki's highest hill (about 124 m).

    Photo: Akos Kokai, CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons

  • Tapuaetai (One Foot Island), in the south-east of Aitutaki lagoon.

    Photo: Tom Ackroyd, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

  • A traditional vaka (voyaging canoe) in Aitutaki lagoon.

    Photo: Christopher Johnson, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons

  • Young giant clams raised as part of conservation work at the Aitutaki Marine Research Centre (2012).

    Photo: Akos Kokai, CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Viti Levu · five photos

  • Fringing reef and lagoon on the Coral Coast near Maui Bay, southern Viti Levu.

    Photo: Maksym Kozlenko, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

  • Evening on the beach at Cuvu, on the Coral Coast.

    Photo: Maksym Kozlenko, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons

  • The Fiji parrotfinch is found only in Fiji.

    Photo: Charles J. Sharp, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

  • Low golden light on the grassy ridges, rocky outcrops and young pines of the Nausori Highlands in the hilly interior of Viti Levu.

    Photo: Mark Heard, CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons

  • Navala village in the Nausori Highlands, photographed in 2000.

    Photo: Anton Leddin, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Mamanuca Islands · five photos

  • Beachcomber Island, photographed in 2007.

    Photo: p-a-t-r-i-c-k, CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons

  • Kadavulailai, better known as Bounty Island, one of the small resort islands of the Mamanucas.

    Photo: Jaejay77, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

  • Monuriki, the uninhabited island used as the backdrop for the film Cast Away.

    Photo: KhufuOsiris, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

  • Tavarua, a surf-resort island beside the Cloudbreak reef break at the southern edge of the Mamanucas.

    Photo: Tavyland, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons

  • The shoreline of Yanuya, near Tokoriki at the northern end of the Mamanuca group.

    Photo: Christian Haugen, CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Yasawa Islands · five photos

Taveuni · five photos

  • Bouma Falls, photographed in 1998. Bouma's waterfalls run fuller in the wet season.

    Photo: Doron, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons

  • Looking from Taveuni towards Matangi, one of its small offshore islands.

    Photo: Barry Peters, CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons

  • The orange dove, one of the rare birds that bring birdwatchers to Taveuni.

    Photo: Charles J. Sharp, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

  • Sea fans and soft corals are the draw on Somosomo Strait dives.

    Photo: Debra Baker, CC BY 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

  • Wairiki Mission church, photographed in 2003.

    Photo: Markmark28, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Upolu · five photos

Savaiʻi · five photos

Tongatapu · four photos

  • The Haʻamonga ʻa Maui trilithon on Tongatapu.

    Photo: Sarah Kelemen, CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons

  • Hufangalupe, a natural land bridge on Tongatapu's south coast.

    Photo: Uhooep, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

  • Nukuʻalofa's 1867 Royal Palace, which visitors view from outside.

    Photo: Uhooep, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

  • Coral-rock shoreline on Tongatapu's south coast.

    Photo: Uhooep, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Vavaʻu · five photos

Niue · five photos

Tahiti · five photos

Moʻorea · five photos

  • Mount Rotui from the Belvedere lookout, with Ōpūnohu Bay to the left and Cook's Bay to the right.

    Photo: Matthew Dillon, CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons

  • Cook's Bay (Paopao Bay), a sheltered anchorage on Moʻorea's north coast.

    Photo: Alain.martre, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

  • A humpback whale and her calf off Moʻorea's north coast, November 2024.

    Photo: Charles J. Sharp, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

  • Stone marae platforms are scattered through the forest of the Ōpūnohu Valley, just below the Belvedere lookout.

    Photo: Matthew Dillon, CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons

  • The lagoon off Tiahura, at Moʻorea's north-west corner.

    Photo: Daniel Julie, CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Bora Bora · five photos

Oʻahu · five photos

Maui · five photos

Bali · five photos

Efate · five photos

  • Erakor Island and the Erakor Peninsula from Panorama Crescent, Port Vila.

    Photo: Phillip Capper, CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons

  • Eton Beach, a sheltered swimming lagoon on Efate's east coast.

    Photo: Phillip Capper, CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons

  • A Bislama sign on Paonangisi Beach, Efate, asking people not to throw rubbish into the sea.

    Photo: Phillip Capper, CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons

  • Port Vila harbour and Iririki Island, on Efate's south-west coast.

    Photo: Steffen Wurzel, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons

  • The Rentapao River, one of the rainforest rivers inland from Efate's east coast.

    Photo: Bruno Langlois, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Waiheke Island · four photos

Rangitoto Island · four photos

Aotea Great Barrier Island · five photos

  • A black petrel (tāiko) on the Hirakimatā track. These seabirds nest in burrows on the island's high ground.

    Photo: Kmyr002, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

  • Looking out from Hirakimatā / Mount Hobson over Kaikōura Island towards Little Barrier Island.

    Photo: David Baron, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons

  • Medlands Beach, on Aotea's east coast.

    Photo: studio tdes, CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons

  • Port Fitzroy, the sheltered harbour on Aotea's west coast.

    Photo: Department of Conservation, CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons

  • St John's Community Church at Medlands.

    Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Rakiura Stewart Island · five photos

Tiritiri Matangi · five photos

Kawau Island · five photos

Chatham Islands · five photos

Kāpiti Island · five photos

  • Looking south-west from Kāpiti Island across Cook Strait.

    Photo: Avenue, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons

  • Kāpiti Island from the Maungakotukutuku Saddle on the Kāpiti Coast.

    Photo: Phillip Capper, CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons

  • Kākā on Kāpiti Island.

    Photo: Paul O'Shea, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

  • Kererū, the New Zealand pigeon, on Kāpiti Island.

    Photo: Duncan, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons

  • The north coast from the lookout on the Okupe Valley Loop Track, looking towards Arapawaiti Point.

    Photo: Pseudopanax, Public domain via Wikimedia Commons