Does Russia still control Snake Island?

Russia subsequently withdrew from the island on 30 June 2022, ending the 126-day military occupation of the island.



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The island has been known since classical antiquity, and during that era hosted a Greek temple to Achilles. Today, it is administered as part of Izmail Raion of Ukraine's Odesa Oblast.

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A few humans used to live on the island to operate a lighthouse, but that ended in the 1920s when the lighthouse became automated. Now the only visitors to Snake Island are a once-a-year visit by the Brazilian Navy to check on the lighthouse, and a very few select scientists that have a permit to study the snakes.

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Researchers estimate that 2,000 to 4,000 golden lanceheads live on the island—that's between one and five snakes per square meter. The number of snakes might not be so terrible if they were, say, two inches long and nonvenomous.

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Legends. Danger. But there's no escaping that the most abundant thing on Snake Island is the snakes, to be precise, about 2,000-4,000 of the most venomous snakes in Latin America.

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About 20,000 pit vipers can be found only on Shedao Island in China's Bohai Sea.

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Ilha da Queimada Grande, more commonly referred to as Snake Island, is an island off the coast of Brazil in the Atlantic Ocean. The island became famous for its abundant amount of snakes, hence the name Snake Island. It is administered as part of the municipality of Itanhaém in the State of São Paulo.



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