Burnow Island

Burnow Island is an important recurring fictional location in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (IDW). It is an island nation in the Atlantic Ocean, previously inhabited by as well as an indigenous human population, which later serves as the primary base of operations for General  after the destruction of the  home planet Utrominon. The surviving Utroms are held on the island in a long-term stasis, and Krang builds his  to prepare for the eventual terraforming of Earth into a new Utrom homeworld&mdash;at the expense of all life currently living on there.

In issue #50, Krang succeeds at terraforming Burnow Island and some of the surrounding waters, but fails to terraform the rest of the Earth as he is foiled, captured and transported to the to answer for his many war crimes. Burnow becomes uninhabitable to Earth life except for a few human refugees hiding in caves, and becomes the home base for the ' ally, who intends to prepare the island as a peaceful refuge for the surviving civilian Utroms still in stasis. Honeycutt also gives refuge to Leatherhead from the terraformed environment until the mutant alligator can secure travel off the island.

Trivia

 * The island is named after IDW Publishing staff member Bobby Curnow.