Snake Island (Lagos)

Snake Island is an island of Lagos, located opposite Tin Can Island Port and Apapa. Named because of its snake-like topography, the island is about 14 km in length and 1.4 km wide. Compared to the rest of Lagos, it is less developed and mainly accessible by water transport. A bridge has been proposed for future development. The inhabitants comprises a cluster of ten resident communities namely: Imore, Ibeshe, Irede, Ilashe, Ibasa, Igbologun, Igbo-Esenyore, Igbo-Osun, Ikare, and Iyagbe.^[1][2]

The first season of the reality television series Gulder Ultimate Search took place on the Island.^[3] The Nigerdock shipyard was established on the Island in 1986.^{[4][5][6][7][8][9]}