The Most Dangerous Game: Setting — Ship-Trap Island, Caribbean

Richard Connell's 1924 short story The Most Dangerous Game takes place on:

• Ship-Trap Island — Fictional, remote island in the Caribbean Sea.
• Owner: General Zaroff, Russian aristocrat exile.
• Environment: Dense jungle, steep cliffs, rocky shores, swamp (Death Swamp), varied game trails.
• Atmosphere: "Moist black velvet" night, oppressive heat, constant animal sounds.
• Key Locations: Zaroff's chateau (luxurious, taxidermy-filled), training grounds, kennels, cliffs where Rainsford jumps.

The island's exact coordinates are never given — isolation is thematic. "Ship-Trap" refers to Zaroff's channel lights luring ships to wreck, providing fresh "game."