World's Strangest Isolated Places

"From desolate islands, to strange ancient cultures and abandoned locations; These are 10 World's STRANGEST Isolated Places !

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10.Danakil Depression, Ethiopia

9.Svalbard

8.Wadi Rum

7.Great Basin National Park, USA

Nevada is one of the least populated states when you exclude the Las Vegas Metropolitan Area, and it shows. As soon as you venture off into the sunset, you can drive and drive and drive. At some point you might make your way to Baker, Nevada. Population - 68. Great Basin National Park is about 5 miles away from Baker, and the whole of White Pine County has a population density of 1.1 people / sq. mile.

Great Basin is huge, and you might need a few days to experience the most interesting parts of the park. There are many sights to see,

like the Lehman Caves, which are mostly occupied by chipmunks, bats, and small insects.

Or Wheeler Peak, and the Wheeler Peak Glacier ! Thats right, there’s a glacier in Nevada !

Of course the biggest attraction of the park has to be the Bristlecone Pines, these are trees that even time forgot. They are the oldest known non-clonal organisms. The oldest bristlecone pine, known as Prometheus, was at least 5,000 years old… but it was cut down for research purposes.

6. Villa Las Estrellas, Antarctica

It's weird to imagine that there are pay phones on Antarctica, but here we are, there is a coin operated pay phone on Villa Las Estrellas, one of only 2 permanent settlements on the continent.

Also known as “The Stars Town”, Villa Las Estrellas is considered to be a part of Chile. It is located on King George Island and it has about 150 residents.

Temperatures here average around 28 F ( -2.3C) to 34 F (1.5 )

5. Niue Island

Do you like pokemon ? How about Star Wars? Would you believe me if I said the Nation of Niue minted coins depicting characters from both ? Although for the most part, the residents of this tiny island use New Zealand money; they have also minted some super awesome limited edition coins with characters from famous movies and cartoons !

With average yearly temperatures of 77 F (25C), this coral island is a tropical paradise, and since 2015, every village on the island has high speed internet so if you are visiting during the rainy season you can just watch youtube videos all day. You know you want to… don't lie to yourself.

4. St. Kilda, Scotland

St. Kilda is an archipelago located west of Scotland, it is believed that humans have resided there since the Bronze Age. Buuuut nowadays, there are no permanent inhabitants. Waaaait a minute, scratch that. So the story goes something like this, by 1928, the native population had fallen to only 37 people. And by 1930, the community electively chose to evacuate to mainland Scotland.

From 1930 on the island was completely abandoned, until 1957, when the British Government decided to build a missile tracking range there.

Since 1986, this place has become a World Heritage Site which has helped preserve and restore a lot of the archipelago’s history.

3. Easter Island, Chile

Have you seen these statues before? They are called Moai and were built by the ancient Rapa Nui people.

First western accounts of this mythical island date back to 1722, but the island is believed to have been inhabited since 300 AD.

Since the 1700s, the island population has suffered greatly, starting with what was believed to be a civil war over resources, then the pirates and privateers came. Peruvian slave raiders attacked the Rapa Nui multiple times, stealing and killing people every time.

Nowadays, the situation seems to be a bit better, but there is still some disagreements between native tribes.

2. Solheimasandur, Iceland

Iceland. The country thats pretty much on everyone’s bucket list offers some incredible views, desolate landscapes and completely untouched nature.

Lets focus on the U.S. Navy Douglas Super DC-3 wreck site. On Nov 24, 1973 the plane crash landed, there were no casualties but due to the remoteness of the location, the plane was never recovered.

Since then it has become a somewhat popular tourist spot… eventually all good things must end. The local farmers that own the land have completely shut down access to the wreck since tourists did not care about the local environment. I’m sure there is a possibility of private access if you are nice enough.

1. Tristan Da Cunha

At Number 1, we have the actual most isolated inhabited community in the world. Tristan Da Cunha. It is under British rule and sports a healthy population of 262 people. To get there you will need to hitch a ride to Cape Town South Africa, then get on a boat for about 6 days… and you are there ! Easy Peasy.

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