Alexander Selkirk was marooned on the larger of these two islands which are part of the Juan Fernandez archipelago. In order to capitalize on tourism the Chilean government renamed it Robinson Crusoe Island in 1966. Previously it was called Isla Más a Tierra (Island Closer to Land). There is another island in the archipelago approximately 111 miles (180km) to the west that was called Isla Más Afuera (Island Further Out). They changed the name of this island to Selkirk Island.

Robinson Crusoe Island is a desolate, rugged extinct volcano that sits in the Pacific Ocean about 400 miles west of Valparaiso, Chile. Its 40 square miles of surface rise precipitously out of the ocean and peaks at just over 3,000 feet (915 meters). The island now has a population of about six hundred people, who mostly survive by trapping lobsters.
 

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