I've always been really interested in these far flung places and used to spend hours on Google Earth scanning the middles of the oceans for islands like this and think about how to visit them.
In particular I've always been fascinated by Tristan da Cunha which has a village and is livable if you can get there:
https://wikitravel.org/en/Tristan_da_Cunha
And Bouvet Island, which is totally uninhabited:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bouvet_Island
And for whatever reason, one I discovered by browsing Google Earth directly (as opposed to the others which people mention as far flung places), which I can't remember the names of right now, but I can find them on Google maps though they're not labeled: a series of three islands between NZ and Antarctica, closer to Antarctica. Barren islands only potentially visitable for part of the year. The winds and sea in the Southern Ocean sound terrifying. Here's the pin:
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Near South Pacific Ocean
https://maps.app.goo.gl/PpsVCzE7LXLrZFZe8
We're lucky to be able to see some videos of these places on youtube. When I was little, there were only satellite images and the occasional grainy photo or two online if one did a deep search.
A short documentary of a place called Kurlis came out recently, you should watch it if you're interested. It's about conservation.
https://youtu.be/kHGarqZFY1k
This documentary is particularly interesting for me because I used to browse satellite imagery of the place and to see people walking around it it's as amazing as I had imagined. A volcano in the middle of a lake in a remote island???! Thinking about this stuff is also what led me to have a tech career that has been related to conservation of these places (Kurlis from satellite):
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Near Severo-Kurilsky District, Sakhalin Oblast, Russia, 694550
https://maps.app.goo.gl/6X54ZqdruRgB5KYW7
In particular I've always been fascinated by Tristan da Cunha which has a village and is livable if you can get there:
https://wikitravel.org/en/Tristan_da_Cunha
And Bouvet Island, which is totally uninhabited:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bouvet_Island
And for whatever reason, one I discovered by browsing Google Earth directly (as opposed to the others which people mention as far flung places), which I can't remember the names of right now, but I can find them on Google maps though they're not labeled: a series of three islands between NZ and Antarctica, closer to Antarctica. Barren islands only potentially visitable for part of the year. The winds and sea in the Southern Ocean sound terrifying. Here's the pin:
Dropped pin Near South Pacific Ocean https://maps.app.goo.gl/PpsVCzE7LXLrZFZe8
We're lucky to be able to see some videos of these places on youtube. When I was little, there were only satellite images and the occasional grainy photo or two online if one did a deep search.
A short documentary of a place called Kurlis came out recently, you should watch it if you're interested. It's about conservation.
https://youtu.be/kHGarqZFY1k
This documentary is particularly interesting for me because I used to browse satellite imagery of the place and to see people walking around it it's as amazing as I had imagined. A volcano in the middle of a lake in a remote island???! Thinking about this stuff is also what led me to have a tech career that has been related to conservation of these places (Kurlis from satellite):
Dropped pin Near Severo-Kurilsky District, Sakhalin Oblast, Russia, 694550 https://maps.app.goo.gl/6X54ZqdruRgB5KYW7