A tiny speck in the center of the southern Pacific Ocean, its closest neighbor is Tahiti but even that is hundreds of miles away. It has a population of about fifty people, most of whom are direct descendents of crewmembers who were involved in a mutiny aboard the HMS Bounty in 1789. There is no airstrip on the island, and getting there from the mainland requires hopping a ride on a shipping boat out of New Zealand, something that can take up to 10 days.
A small island in the South Atlantic Ocean, the nearest land is Antarctica’s Queen Maud Land nearly 1,000 miles to the south. With no permanent inhabitants it served as the perfect setting for the 2004 film Alien vs. Predator. Ironically it also has its own (unused) Internet country code top-level domain: bv.
The largest research station in Antarctica, McMurdo is home to around 1,200 scientists and workers during the warmer summer months. Located on Ross Island, it is situated in one of the most inaccessible parts of the globe. Recently this has become less of an issue, however, thanks to not just one but three new airstrips. Scientists at the station now enjoy many modern amenities including gyms, television, and even a nine-hole Frisbee golf course.
Who would’ve thought the continental United States would make it onto the list. Supai is a beautiful town with 500 residents, perfect for people to get away from it all. The only problem is access. No roads go to Supai. And to complicate things even further, its located at the bottom of the Grand Canyon. In fact, Supai is the only place in America where mail is still delivered by mule. The sheer inaccessibility has occasionally caused problems for the town. The 2000 US census missed the town entirely, recording its population as zero.
Located in far-east Siberia, it has a population density of only 0.1 people per square kilometer. In fact, it’s so sparsely populated that in 2006 a 7.7-magnitude earthquake hit the region dead on and there were barely any injuries.
I’ve been to Barrow and Svalbard – and to the territory of Nunavit. So maybe Australian island should be next.
all the most desolate places that you stated in the U.S.A. in my opinion are wrong. the right answer is diomede alaska. my son and i flew food to these people by helo last year.i got out of helo at that time it was -60 degrees russia was only2 miles away. this in my opinion is the most desolate and remote place in USA.
I was looking for truly remote locations. The locations mentioned in the article are all TOURISTIC locations with houses and other people
I would not feel remote in above locations.
The International Space Station can’t really be an isolated place “in the world” because it is in outer space….
Wow,this is the most interesting article I’ve red lately.
Thanks
I like it too Miruna.
I was fascinated with facts i had never known.Also I was aware of isolated places, but not to the extent that there are people living there.Except for the scientist,are most or all of the people uneducated,except for their trade?I read the book about the medical doctor, who gave herself Chemo. I do not remember her name, and if she survived.
Thank you for this interesting topic, Sally