Witch Nose Island
Devil Nose Island was renamed Witch Nose Island in 1967, after objections raised by the INCS (International Nose Classification Society).
According to official documents from the time (the originals of which can be found in Reading Room 641, Aisle 6,733, Shelf 277 at The Sniffsonian), the INCS believed the tip (highest point) of the island was pointy and sharp enough to make it “By definition, technically closer to that belonging to a witch than to the devil”.
A copy of the document is also housed in Swedhump Elementary’s library. Its specific location is undisclosed, but to arrange a viewing please submit a hand-written application (in triplicate) to Ms. Grimstead. If you’re lucky, i.e. if her head-lump is not playing up, she might well offer to assist you. But probably not.
The IINS (International Island Naming Society) disputed the INCS’s findings, but lost the case after a lengthy court battle.
First seen in Book 1, page 187
Research
e_witch_nose_island - absorbed ids e_devil_nose_islandIn the printed almanac pages (11 cited)
Straight from the books
Facts
place_fact (20)
Witch Nose Island is the most secure prison on earth; the perimeter is ringed by 27 krypto-web fences, 11 of which are electrified; no prisoner has ever escaped.
Witch Nose Island is the most secure prison on earth. The entire perimeter is ringed by 27 krypto-web fences, 11 of which are electrified. No prisoner has ever escaped from Witch Nose Island. al1:c01:p344
Witch Nose Island is the most secure prison on earth.
Witch Nose Island is the most secure prison on earth. b01:c99:p205
The water around Witch Nose Island is full of shnarks (more vicious than sharks), flesh-eating saw-toothed doublodiles, and killer electric rays.
The water around it is freezing and full of shnarks (which are more vicious than sharks), flesh-eating, saw-toothed doublodiles, and killer electric rays. b01:c99:p205
No prisoner has ever escaped from Witch Nose Island.
No prisoner has ever escaped from it. b01:c99:p205
Devil Nose Island is the most secure prison ever, with its entire perimeter ringed by 27 Krypto-web fences, 11 of which are electrified.
Devil Nose Island is the most secure prison ever. The entire perimeter is ringed by 27 krypto-web fences, 11 of which are electrified. b03:c07:p153 b03:c99:p202
The water around Devil Nose Island is freezing and full of shnarks (more vicious than sharks), flesh-eating saw-toothed doublodiles, and killer electric rays.
The water around it is freezing and full of shnarks (which are more vicious than sharks), flesh-eating, saw-toothed doublodiles and killer electric rays. b03:c99:p202
No prisoner has ever escaped from Devil Nose Island.
No prisoner has ever escaped from it. b03:c07:p153 b03:c99:p202
Devil Nose Island is the most secure prison ever; the entire perimeter is ringed by 27 krypto-web fences, 11 of which are electrified.
Devil Nose Island is the most secure prison ever. The entire perimeter is ringed by 27 krypto-web fences, 11 of which are electrified. b05:c99:p228
The water around Devil Nose Island is freezing and full of shnarks, flesh-eating saw-toothed doublodiles, and killer electric rays.
The water around it is freezing and full of shnarks (which are more vicious than sharks), flesh-eating, saw-toothed doublodiles and killer electric rays. b05:c99:p228
No prisoner has ever escaped from Devil Nose Island.
No prisoner has ever escaped from it. b05:c99:p228
Witch Nose Island is the most secure prison ever; the entire perimeter is ringed by 27 krypto-web fences, 11 of which are electrified.
Witch Nose Island is the most secure prison ever. The entire perimeter is ringed by 27 krypto-web fences, 11 of which are electrified. b06:c07:p189 b06:c99:p284
The water around Witch Nose Island is freezing and full of Shnarks, flesh-eating Saw-toothed Doublodiles and killer electric rays; no prisoner has ever escaped.
The water around it is freezing and full of Shnarks (which are more vicious than sharks), flesh-eating, Saw-toothed Doublodiles and killer electric rays. No prisoner has ever escaped from it. b06:c99:p284
Witch Nose Island is the most secure prison on earth.
Witch Nose Island is the most secure prison on earth. b07:c09:p214
Witch Nose Island's entire perimeter is ringed by twenty-seven krypto-web fences, eleven of which are electrified.
The entire perimeter is ringed by twenty-seven krypto-web fences, eleven of which are electrified. b07:c99:p260
The water around Witch Nose Island is freezing and full of Shnarks (more vicious than sharks), flesh-eating Saw-toothed Doublodiles, and killer electric rays.
The water around it is freezing and full of Shnarks (which are more vicious than sharks), flesh-eating Saw-toothed Doublodiles, and killer electric rays. b07:c99:p260
No prisoner has ever escaped from Witch Nose Island.
No prisoner has ever escaped from it. b07:c99:p260
Witch-Nose Island is the most secure prison ever; its entire perimeter is ringed by 27 krypto-web fences, 11 of which are electrified.
Witch Nose Island is the most secure prison ever. The entire perimeter is ringed by 27 krypto-web fences, 11 of which are electrified. b09:c12:p264 b09:c99:p299
The water around Witch-Nose Island is freezing and full of shnarks, flesh-eating saw-toothed doublodiles, and killer electric rays, and no prisoner has ever escaped from it.
The water around it is freezing and full of shnarks (which are more vicious than sharks), flesh-eating, saw-toothed doublodiles and killer electric rays. No prisoner has ever escaped from it. b09:c99:p299
Witch Nose Island (known as Devil Nose Island until 1967) is probably the most secure prison on earth; its perimeter is ringed by 27 krypto-web fences, 11 of which are electrified.
Witch Nose Island (known as Devil Nose Island until 1967) is probably the most secure prison on earth. The entire perimeter is ringed by 27 krypto-web fences, 11 of which are electrified. b10:c10:p275 b10:c99:p322
The water around Witch Nose Island is freezing and full of shnarks, flesh-eating saw-toothed doublodiles, and killer electric rays; no prisoner has ever escaped.
The water around it is freezing and full of shnarks (which are more vicious than sharks), flesh-eating, saw-toothed doublodiles and killer electric rays. No prisoner has ever escaped from it. b10:c99:p322
history (2)
Remington-Hobbes and his gang were taken to Witch Nose Island after being arrested.
they were taken to Witch Nose Island, the world's most secure prison, where they remain. b01:c07:p187
Aunt Eeyolga was taken away by police boreholicopter, presumably to Witch-Nose Island.
The next thing a police boreholicopter arrived. Aunt Eeyolga was put into the cell at the back. Off to Witch-Nose Island for sure! b08:c09:p229
numeric_fact (1)
The entire perimeter of Witch Nose Island is ringed by twenty seven krypto-web fences, eleven of which are electrified.
The entire perimeter is ringed by twenty seven krypto-web fences, eleven of which are electrified. b01:c99:p205
Relationships
Incoming
Some are vegetarian while others are carnivorous (such as the flesh-eating, Saw-toothed Doublodiles that breed around Witch Nose Island) al1:c01:p263
they were taken to Witch Nose Island, the world's most secure prison, where they remain. b01:c07:p187
A Police Triplocopter arrived and carted Mrs. Wobblethorpe off to Devil Nose Island. b03:c08:p184
It wasn't US who'd be going for a little holiday on Witch Nose Island, it was him! b06:c10:p256
extraction note Pomington is taken to Witch Nose Island as a prisoner."Either you go to prison on Witch Nose Island, or you agree to come and help in the Botanical Gardens..." b07:c09:p214
The next thing a police boreholicopter arrived. Aunt Eeyolga was put into the cell at the back. Off to Witch-Nose Island for sure! b08:c09:p229
Off they then flew, with Granny Fidditch still in her box, off to Witch-Nose Island for sure. b09:c12:p264
The Police then flew her off to Witch Nose Island. b10:c10:p275
Incidents
- Pinkfish fraud operation by Vena Cava criminal family
i_al1_20 - Paper Airplanes: Trap for Remington-Hobbes at the vegetable garden
i_b01_07 - The Fight: saving Moremi Forest from Wobblethorpe's illegal hotel
i_b03_09 - Arrest of Granny Fiddich and resolution of Marble Day
i_b09_10 - Nine-step plan to capture Fidwidge and defeat scallywags
i_b10_10
Continuity findings
- Witch Nose Island / Devil Nose Island: two canon entities for the same prison duplicate_candidate
- Devil Nose Island name: Devil Nose Island / Devil-Nose Island variant
- Prison island name: Witch Nose Island vs Devil Nose Island vs Devil-Nose Island variant
- Witch Nose Island name: Witch Nose Island / Witch-Nose Island / Devil Nose Island variant
- Witch Nose Island: 'most secure prison on earth' vs 'most secure prison ever' vs 'probably the most secure prison on earth' conflict
- Witch Nose Island: prison destination for defeated villains recurring_element
- Witch Nose Island: recurring prison destination for defeated villains recurring_element
- al1 Witch Nose Island factfile overlaps b01 factfile description almanac_overlap