Hydra Island

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Hydra Island

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First Appearance

Last Appearance

"A Tale of Two Cities"

"Stranger in a Strange Land"

Constructed by

Natural forces

Controlled by

The Others

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DHARMA Initiative Stations
The Arrow • The Staff • The Swan
The Flame • The Pearl • The Orchid
The Hydra • The Tempest
The Looking Glass

Hydra Island (unofficial title) is a small island off the coast of the main island. It is where the Hydra station is located. Ben shows Sawyer the Hydra Island lookout to tell him there is no chance of him escaping. Ben also states that the Hydra Island is only about twice the size of Alcatraz Island which makes the land area about 0.06 square miles (just under 1/4 mile by 1/4 mile).

The Others have mentioned using a submarine to travel between the two islands. Alex has an outrigger sailing canoe which she gives to Sawyer, Kate and Karl to escape the island. Alex says that there is no tunnel between Hydra Island and the main island.

This island is not where the Others live, but rather where they work on what they refer to as "projects". Most Others prefer to remain at "home", though they have at least one large boat that can provide transport to and from either of the islands.

After the escape of Kate and Sawyer, the Others seem to have abandoned Hydra Island.

Trivia

Mr. Eko and Ana Lucia possibly miss an opportunity to see the Hydra Island on their journey to the Losties' beach

• Fan names for the second island include 'Falcatraz' (false Alcatraz) or 'Lostcatraz'. The producers have dubbed it 'Damonville'. (Official Lost Podcast/December 06, 2006)
• There have been two notable occasions where a "second island" can been seen in the background during shots.

• When Ana-Lucia leads her group across the island, a smaller island can be seen on the horizon (pictured). Note a second, smaller silhouette to the left of this island.
• As Michael and Walt leave Pala Ferry a small island can briefly be seen behind the boat as it moves away (see here). ("Live Together, Die Alone") However, no island was visible when Sayid arrived at the pier on the sailboat. In reality this is an island offshore of Oahu known as Mokolii or Chinaman's Hat, which is much too small to be the Hydra Island, suggesting its appearance was merely a filming mistake.

• The producers always intended one of the smaller islands on Danielle's maps to be Hydra Island. (Official Lost Podcast transcript/March 26, 2007)

Unanswered Questions

For fan theories about these unanswered questions, see: Hydra Island/Theories

• Does this island possess the healing powers that the main-Island has shown to have, ie. John's broken back, Rose's cancer?
  • Could this be why Ben didn't heal as quickly because his recovery after surgery was spent off the main Island?