The Chilean Navy maintains a station on the island, consisting of a residence, utility building, chapel, and lighthouse.

[1] A short distance from the main station is a memorial, including a large sculpture featuring the silhouette of an albatross, in honour of the sailors who died while attempting to "round the Horn".

Exposed locations are dominated by bunch grasses and short shrubs, low to the ground to avoid wind.

The island's population of olive grass mice (Abrothrix olivacea) are the southernmost land mammals in the World.

The world's southernmost archaeological site, consisting of harpoon points, butchered bones, and a hearth or cooking camp, was found in 2019.