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The Island

All Locations & Coordinates

Every marked location on The Island with its in-game coordinates — 43 in total, across 16 categories. Same data as the interactive artifact map, laid out so you can read it without clicking around.

Artifact

10 locations

LocationCoordinates
Hunter Cave 80.3° Lat, 53.5° Lon
Pack Cave 68.2° Lat, 56.1° Lon
Massive Cave 70.6° Lat, 86.1° Lon
Devourer Cave 14.7° Lat, 85.4° Lon
Clever Cave 41.5° Lat, 46.9° Lon
Skylord Cave 19.3° Lat, 19.0° Lon
Immune Cave 62.7° Lat, 37.3° Lon
Strong Cave 29.1° Lat, 31.8° Lon
Cunning Cave (Water) 45.9° Lat, 88.9° Lon
Brute Cave (Water) 52.8° Lat, 11.1° Lon

Metal

5 locations

LocationCoordinates
Volcano Caldera 42.0° Lat, 38.0° Lon
Metal Mountain 35.0° Lat, 43.0° Lon
Western Approach 58.0° Lat, 22.0° Lon
Southern Mountain 76.0° Lat, 45.0° Lon
Far's Peak 34.0° Lat, 82.0° Lon

Beaver Dams

4 locations

LocationCoordinates
Hidden Lake 22.6° Lat, 71.0° Lon
Western River 48.0° Lat, 15.0° Lon
Central River 40.0° Lat, 65.0° Lon
Redwoods River Edge 55.0° Lat, 28.0° Lon

Deep Sea Loot

4 locations

LocationCoordinates
West Ocean Crate 51.3° Lat, 11.2° Lon
NW Iceberg Crate 9.6° Lat, 16.5° Lon
East Ocean Crate 47.4° Lat, 90.5° Lon
South Ocean Crate 90.8° Lat, 60.0° Lon

Obelisk

3 locations

LocationCoordinates
Green Obelisk 74.5° Lat, 69.5° Lon
Blue Obelisk 25.5° Lat, 25.6° Lon
Red Obelisk 79.8° Lat, 17.4° Lon

Obsidian

3 locations

LocationCoordinates
Volcano Core 42.5° Lat, 38.5° Lon
Far's Peak Summit 34.5° Lat, 82.5° Lon
Snow Mountain Summit 20.0° Lat, 20.0° Lon

Crystal

3 locations

LocationCoordinates
Volcano Rim 41.5° Lat, 39.0° Lon
Metal Mountain Slopes 36.0° Lat, 42.0° Lon
Snow Mountain Slopes 22.0° Lat, 22.0° Lon

Rhyniognatha

2 locations

LocationCoordinates
Western Swamp 65.0° Lat, 25.0° Lon
Eastern Swamp 68.0° Lat, 65.0° Lon

Quetzal

2 locations

LocationCoordinates
Redwoods Edge 50.0° Lat, 50.0° Lon
Cragg's Island Coast 80.0° Lat, 20.0° Lon

Giganotosaurus

1 location

LocationCoordinates
Frozen Tooth Mountain 35.0° Lat, 55.0° Lon

Carcharodontosaurus

1 location

LocationCoordinates
Far's Peak 35.0° Lat, 82.0° Lon

Titanosaur

1 location

LocationCoordinates
Southern Coast (Wandering) 80.0° Lat, 40.0° Lon

Unicorn

1 location

LocationCoordinates
Western Plains 45.0° Lat, 15.0° Lon

Polymer (Kairuku)

1 location

LocationCoordinates
Northwest Icebergs 10.0° Lat, 15.0° Lon

Oil Rocks

1 location

LocationCoordinates
Snow Coast 20.0° Lat, 15.0° Lon

Silica Pearls

1 location

LocationCoordinates
Herbivore Island Bay 90.0° Lat, 90.0° Lon

These coordinates come from the same file that powers the interactive map, so the two can never drift apart. If a location is missing here it is missing there too — and it will be added to both at once.

Looking for the route rather than the coordinates? The Island walkthrough covers the caves in the order you can actually survive them.

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