John "Pathfinder" Fremont thought so little of the place that he named it Desolation Island, but here the Wenners found a home.

Here on Desolation Island.

The islands are separated from Desolation Island by Neck or Nothing Passage.

And all thought: "If it is so difficult here, what will it be when we reach Desolation Island?

This is also the place where Captain Cook coined the name "Desolation Islands" in reference to what he saw as a sterile landscape.

The area was visited by early 19th century sealers operating from Blythe Bay, Desolation Island.

The loss of the Guardian was used by Patrick O'Brian as the basis for his novel Desolation Island.

After a shipboard theft in the South Pacific during which he saved a young native boy from drowning, he discovers Desolation Island.

Kerguelen Plateau, prehistoric continent, almost entirely submerged except for the Desolation Islands.

Desolation Island is a name that has been used for several islands.