The island has no formal residential infrastructure and no roads.

The center 2.5 km2 (1 sq mi) was owned by Claude Turner for around 36 years up until 2005.

The island has a thin peninsula which juts out 11 km (7 mi) east.

The island was home to a pineapple plantation centuries ago.

The island's coast was the filming location for the crash-landing of a Vulcan Bomber in the 1965 James Bond film Thunderball.