Snake Island

In news– Recently, Ukraine caused “significant losses’ ‘ to the Russian military in airstrikes on Zmiinyi Island, also known as Snake Island, in the Black Sea.

About Snake Island-

It is a small piece of rock less than 700 metres from end to end, that has been described as being “X-shaped”.
It is located 35 km from the coast in the Black Sea, to the east of the mouth of the Danube and roughly southwest of the port city of Odessa.
The island, which has been known since ancient times and is marked on the map by the tiny village of Bile that is located on it, belongs to Ukraine.
The island has been known since classical antiquity, and during that era hosted a Greek temple to Achilles.
The island does not have a prominently featured mountain, but rather a low-slope hill.
The bedrock of the island consists of Silurian and Devonian sedimentary rocks, primarily metamorphosed, highly cemented quartzite conglomerate-breccias.

Note:

Ilha da Queimada Grande, also known as Snake Island, is an island off the coast of Brazil in the Atlantic Ocean.
It is administered as part of the municipality of Itanhaém in the State of São Paulo.
The island is small in size, only 43 hectares, and has a temperate climate.
The island is the only natural home of the critically endangered, venomous Bothrops insularis (golden lancehead pit viper), which has a diet of birds.
The snakes became trapped on the island thousands of years ago following the end of the last ice age when rising ocean levels disconnected the island from the mainland.