There are more than 7 billion people living on our earth. But there are still some places where it would be hard to find a companion. This is our list of 10 most remote places in the world.
1. Tibetan Plateau
Tibetan Plateau is the most isolated place, it will take to 3 weeks to reach the cities of Lhasa or Korla – one day by car and the remaining 20 on foot.
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2. International Space Station
3. Area 51
US government didn’t even acknowledge its existence until 2003 and then said its purpose is to support development and testing of aircraft and other weapons.
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4. Tristan da Cunha, South Atlantic Ocean
Tristan da Cunha is a group of small islands in the southern Atlantic Ocean and has total population of 271 people. The nearest land is 1700 miles away, because of its rocky surface its impossible to build airstrip.
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5. Antarctic Pole of Inaccessibility
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6. Chang Tang, Tibet
Swedish explorer Sven Hedin, in a crossing of Chang Tang, reported not seeing a single person for 81 days.
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7. Deception Island, Antarctica
The Island got it’s name after a small aircraft pilot misjudged his distance from land and crashed, killing 4 passengers and leaving one to perish.
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8. Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station
The place is so isolated that in 1999 one of the physicians had to self-administer chemotherapy using supplies from a cargo drop when she discovered that she had breast cancer.
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9. Socotra Island
Also described as the most “Alien Looking” island on earth. The place inhabited by around 40,000 people, with no public transport (and two roads).
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10. Oymyakon, Siberia
A village in Oymyakonsky Ulus of the Sakha Republic, Russia with population of 521. It holds the record for lowest recorded temperature on Earth for any permanently inhabited location at −69.2 °C.
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