When the captain saw the pirates, he uttered such a frightful yell that the sea spirit turned the whole junk into an island.

[1] The island is surrounded by a reef, has no landing jetty, and is composed mostly of cliffs.

Although the reefs are accessible to kayak, no formal expedition to study the island's interior has been mounted.

He found no evidence of terrestrial animals of any kind, and suggested that the island is inhabited exclusively by insects, spiders, and the occasional bird.

[3] Some large-billed crows were seen in the trees by a bird watch group in February 2018.