This article contains lore taken from Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness, Warcraft II: Beyond the Dark Portal, the manuals, and official bonus maps.

The Channel Islands is a small island chain just southeast of Hillsbrad and located in Baradin Bay between Azeroth and Zul'Dare. An orc base had been set up in the Zul'dare region of the Channel Islands in order to attack alliance towns like Hillsbrad. The Alliance used transport ships to reach the islands to destroy the base on Zul'dare. The horde destroyed a few alliance outposts on smaller islands of the channel to secure a foothold in reaching Southshore and Hillsbrad.