1.   Disney said the island will serve as port-of-call for cruises aboard its Disney Magic and Disney Wonder ships.

2.   Since then, the island has served as a sheep farm, quarantine station, race track and game preserve, according to reference books.

3.   The island also served as a military fort from Civil War times to World War II.

4.   At the east end of the Mediterranean, the island served as a useful transit point for raids on Iraq.

5.   The island serves as a major Pacific Fleet base.

6.   While the islands have served as a rallying point for nationalists in both countries for years, the two countries have only once come to blows over them.

7.   Baptised Noorten Eylandt because of the abundance of hazelnuts gathered there, the island served as a lumber yard furnishing boards to build New Amsterdam.

8.   The tiny island had briefly served as the seat of the Philippine government and the general headquarters of US General Douglas McArthur.

9.   Prison warders were housed in Victorian-style buildings erected when the island served as a leper colony.