Flax (Island)

One of the best spawn islands to start on.

General details
Flax Island is one of the islands in the game. It is one of the smallest islands in the game. It's somewhat close to Bento Island, and has flax, small rocks, trees, and Iron Ore, making it a sufficient early-game base location. You can also spawn here.

Looks
The main area consists of a long, thin island, and a short, fat island, right next to each other. On one of them is thick vegetation, water, and flax. The other has small stones, Iron Ore, and herbs.

Location
The island is near Bento Island, Teraphyx Island, Spire, Plateau(though not readily accessible), Paradise Island, Rockma Island, and the oil spill in the ocean. This makes it great for advancement, however the public spawn may stunt growth.

Base analysis
If you were to make a base here, it would be recommended to make the base public, as there are two public spawns. The area is also very flat, and small, making it easy to raid. However, if you were to get past those problems, you would find that it is a fair base location, as it is near oil, Paradise Island, Rockma Island, has Iron Ore spawning on it, has water, flax, and a large patch of vegetation.

The issue of the public spawns
As said above, there are two public spawns. One on each island. This makes it generally impossible to have a private base (unless its extremely small). This also means that you are prone to people screwing up or even destroying parts of your base, whether its on purpose or not. It's generally an island you'll want to avoid if your making a base, except if your on a tiny/small server with trusted friends. Even then, you should take precautions. The easiest one to do would be to waterproof every building, to defend against people with flint, as there is forage-able stone on the island.