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World population density map (1994), showing uninhabited or nearly uninhabited areas in gray. [needs update] The list of uninhabited regions includes a number of places around the globe. The list changes year over year as human beings migrate into formerly uninhabited regions, or migrate out of formerly inhabited regions.
This is a list of the most isolated islands and archipelagos on Earth in terms of distance to another landmass. Many of these islands are of volcanic origin via tectonic plates such as Bouvet Island while others appear from hotspots such as the Azores which was created by the Azores hotspot. This list includes islands that are more than 500 ...
Tristan da Cunha, a group of volcanic islands in the South Atlantic Ocean, is the most isolated inhabited archipelago on the planet, making its 242 residents quite self-sufficent.
The most famous of these is Barra Head. Blasket Islands in County Kerry, Ireland; Ball's Pyramid, a tall volcanic mountain located close to Lord Howe Island in the South Pacific; Binlang Islet, Taiwan; Most of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago; Bouvet Island in the South Atlantic, the world's most remote island; Caquorobert, Guernsey
Photographer Stefan Irvine explored isolated islands and remote hiking trails to document the territory’s abandoned villages. In Hong Kong, abandoned villages have been reclaimed by nature Skip ...
This is a list of towns and cities in the world believed to have 100,000 or more inhabitants, sorted by countries. Unless otherwise noted, populations are based on United Nations estimates from 2022. Unless otherwise noted, populations are based on United Nations estimates from 2022.
Urban wildlife can be found at any latitude that supports human dwellings - the list of animals that will venture into urbanized human settlements to forage on horticultures or to scavenge from trash runs from monkeys in the tropics to polar bears in the Arctic. Different types of urban areas support different kinds of wildlife.
Up to a third of its plant life is endemic. Due to the island's unusual geography, it has been described as "the most alien-looking place on Earth". [2] The island measures 132 km (82 mi) in length and 42 km (26 mi) across at its widest. [3] In 2008, Socotra was recognised as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. [4]