Hello people,
I was just going through a couple of travel magazines and I came across a section ‘Most beautiful beaches of the world’, so I thought let’s make a list of the most secluded places on earth. Here the top 10 of them (according to me !)
1. St. Kilda (United Kingdom)
Situated in the Atlantic Ocean 160 kilometres from the Scottish mainland, this uninhabited island stretches on for 8.5 square kilometres. The entire archipelago is owned by the National Trust for Scotland. It became one of Scotland's five World Heritage Sites in 1986 and is one of the few in the world to hold joint status for its natural and cultural qualities. Parties of volunteers work on the islands in the summer to restore the many ruined buildings that the native St Kildans left behind.
2. Mcquarie Island (Australia)
Macquarie Island lies in the southwest Pacific Ocean, about half-way between New Zealand and Antarctica, at 54° 30' S, 158° 57' E. Politically, it is part of Tasmania, Australia since 1900 and became a Tasmanian State Reserve in 1978, and a World Heritage Site in 1997. With between 20 and 40 residents, this island is home to the world’s entire royal penguin population during the species’ annual nesting season.
3. Ascension Island (United Kingdom)
With only 1,100 residents and a volcano to keep you company, Ascension Island welcomes you. The main island has an area of approximately 91 km2. A volcanic peak rising from just west of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, much of the island is a wasteland of lava flows and cinder cones; no fewer than forty-four distinct dormant craters have been identified.
4. Bouvet Island (Norway)
The island has an area of 49 square kilometres (19 sq mi), of which 93 percent is covered by a glacier. The centre of the island is an ice-filled crater of an inactive volcano. Some skerries and one smaller island, Larsøya, lie along the coast. Nyrøysa, created by a rock slide in the late 1950s, is the only easy place to land and is the location of a weather station.
5. South Keeling Islands (Australia)
The Territory of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands, also called Cocos Islands and Keeling Islands, is a territory of Australia, located in the Indian Ocean, southwest of Christmas Island and approximately midway between Australia and Sri Lanka. The territory consists of two atolls and 27 coral islands, of which two, West Island and Home Island, are inhabited with a total population of approximately 600.
6. Southern Thule (United Kingdom)
Southern Thule is a collection of the three southernmost islands in the South Sandwich Islands: Bellingshausen, Cook, and Thule (Morrell). The Southern Thule territory is claimed by Argentina and the United Kingdom. The island group is barren, windswept, bitterly cold, and uninhabited. It has an extensive exclusive economic zone rich in marine living resources managed as part of the SGSSI fisheries. The Admiralty's Antarctic Pilot says that Southern Thule is part of an old sunken volcano, and is covered with ash and penguinguano. There are seals, petrels, and a bank of kelp just offshore, especially around a small inlet on Morrell called Ferguson Bay.
7. Rapa Iti (French Polynesia)
Surrounded by a ring of relatively high mountains, Rapa Iti (also known as Rapa) is in the Pacific Ocean, and has 482 inhabitant, including the members of the Tahitian Choir.
8. Pingelap (Micronesia)
Made of three islands surrounding a central lagoon, this island is only 4 kilometers at its widest point.
9. Tikopia (Solomon Islands)
Tikopia has around 1,200 inhabitants and was created from the remnant of an extinct volcano. How cool is that?
10. Peter I Island (Aantarctica)
Nearly all of Peter I island is covered by a glacier, and it’s surrounded by pack ice or most of the year, meaning it’s almost inaccessible. There are infrequent tourist landings though, so you might get lucky.
I hope you enjoyed the list !
I was just going through a couple of travel magazines and I came across a section ‘Most beautiful beaches of the world’, so I thought let’s make a list of the most secluded places on earth. Here the top 10 of them (according to me !)
1. St. Kilda (United Kingdom)
Situated in the Atlantic Ocean 160 kilometres from the Scottish mainland, this uninhabited island stretches on for 8.5 square kilometres. The entire archipelago is owned by the National Trust for Scotland. It became one of Scotland's five World Heritage Sites in 1986 and is one of the few in the world to hold joint status for its natural and cultural qualities. Parties of volunteers work on the islands in the summer to restore the many ruined buildings that the native St Kildans left behind.
2. Mcquarie Island (Australia)
Macquarie Island lies in the southwest Pacific Ocean, about half-way between New Zealand and Antarctica, at 54° 30' S, 158° 57' E. Politically, it is part of Tasmania, Australia since 1900 and became a Tasmanian State Reserve in 1978, and a World Heritage Site in 1997. With between 20 and 40 residents, this island is home to the world’s entire royal penguin population during the species’ annual nesting season.
3. Ascension Island (United Kingdom)
With only 1,100 residents and a volcano to keep you company, Ascension Island welcomes you. The main island has an area of approximately 91 km2. A volcanic peak rising from just west of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, much of the island is a wasteland of lava flows and cinder cones; no fewer than forty-four distinct dormant craters have been identified.
4. Bouvet Island (Norway)
The island has an area of 49 square kilometres (19 sq mi), of which 93 percent is covered by a glacier. The centre of the island is an ice-filled crater of an inactive volcano. Some skerries and one smaller island, Larsøya, lie along the coast. Nyrøysa, created by a rock slide in the late 1950s, is the only easy place to land and is the location of a weather station.
5. South Keeling Islands (Australia)
The Territory of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands, also called Cocos Islands and Keeling Islands, is a territory of Australia, located in the Indian Ocean, southwest of Christmas Island and approximately midway between Australia and Sri Lanka. The territory consists of two atolls and 27 coral islands, of which two, West Island and Home Island, are inhabited with a total population of approximately 600.
6. Southern Thule (United Kingdom)
Southern Thule is a collection of the three southernmost islands in the South Sandwich Islands: Bellingshausen, Cook, and Thule (Morrell). The Southern Thule territory is claimed by Argentina and the United Kingdom. The island group is barren, windswept, bitterly cold, and uninhabited. It has an extensive exclusive economic zone rich in marine living resources managed as part of the SGSSI fisheries. The Admiralty's Antarctic Pilot says that Southern Thule is part of an old sunken volcano, and is covered with ash and penguinguano. There are seals, petrels, and a bank of kelp just offshore, especially around a small inlet on Morrell called Ferguson Bay.
7. Rapa Iti (French Polynesia)
Surrounded by a ring of relatively high mountains, Rapa Iti (also known as Rapa) is in the Pacific Ocean, and has 482 inhabitant, including the members of the Tahitian Choir.
8. Pingelap (Micronesia)
Made of three islands surrounding a central lagoon, this island is only 4 kilometers at its widest point.
9. Tikopia (Solomon Islands)
Tikopia has around 1,200 inhabitants and was created from the remnant of an extinct volcano. How cool is that?
10. Peter I Island (Aantarctica)
Nearly all of Peter I island is covered by a glacier, and it’s surrounded by pack ice or most of the year, meaning it’s almost inaccessible. There are infrequent tourist landings though, so you might get lucky.
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