hi,<br> does anyone know where there are any tropical deserted island in the united states.<br>- shawn

Shawn, There are no tropical Islands in the continental United States. To be a true Tropical Island, one must go to the Tropics. there are a few Islands which are United States territory, but they are either inhabited or U.S. military installations. A tropical island sounds idyllic, but the obstacles to survival can be even tougher than the Arctic, ie no water, periodic Typhoons that inundate the entire landbase and lovely diseases like Malaria, Dengue, yellow to name a few.

Shawn --ditto Chris's response. If it ain't in the tropics . . .<br><br>Less than 50 miles off Florida, though, the Bahamas have hundreds of them. And I've picniced on more than a few. The Bahamian islands are flat, only a foot or two above sea level, covered in small scrub, and blazingly bright and hot. If you picture something more like "Cast Away", the next closest would be in the British Virgin Islands "Nature's Little Treasures", just above St Thomas near Puerto Rico. <br><br> Theirs are a little bigger, a little hillier, and equally bright and dry. When you start talking lush tropical vegetation with survival options, if you want uninhabited you're probably talking the South Pacific.<br><br> -- Karl