Missing the UV island select mode? I am trying to texture a flag pole model I made recently and after UV unwrapping it I tried to arrange the islands so they would be understandable.
However I couldn't find the island select mode, it just isn't there and I can't figure out why.

Can anyone tell me why this is and how I can fix it?
It is there in 2.70a for me.
In your question there is very little to go on;
However my guess would be that you have &quot;Keep UV and Edit Mode mesh selection in Sync&quot; active, this changes the selection modes that are available.
Sync selection off:

Sync selection on: