Top 7 Remotest Places On Earth

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Tristan da Cunha, United Kingdom

One of three constituent parts of the British Overseas Territory of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, with its constitution is Tristan da Cunha. It is said that this island would be passed over by a total solar eclipse on 5th December, 2048 AD!

Oymyakon, Siberia

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Oymyakon is a rural locality in the Oymyakonsky District of the Sakha Republic, Russia, in the Yana-Oymyakon Highlands, on the left bank of the Indigirka River, 30 kilometres northwest of Tomtor on the Kolyma Highway. 

La Rinconada, Peru

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La Rinconada is a town in the Peruvian Andes, in proximity to a mine of gold. Up to 5,100 meters above sea level, it is home to the highest permanent settlement in the world. 

McMurdo Station, Antarctica

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McMurdo Station is one of the two permanent American Antarctic research stations on the southern tip of Ross Island, which is in the New Zealand–claimed Ross Dependency on the shore of McMurdo Sound in Antarctica.

Motuo, Tibet

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Motuo region is one of the world's most remote areas. It lay hidden in Tibet and was inaccessible by road until recently, thus cutting off the communities from their immediate neighbours. The local inhabitants mainly depend on farming paddy, soybeans, cotton, and gingelly. 

Barrow, Alaska

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That means when the sun sets over the Barrow of Alaska, it remains below the horizon for 65 days. Indeed, it has been over two months since the sun was above it. The average high temperature remains below zero, and this is the northernmost town in the United States. The town is isolated and surrounded by wilderness tundra and not accessible by road. 

Villa Las Estrellas, Antarctica

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Villa Las Estrellas is a permanently inhabited outpost on King George Island within the Chilean Antarctic claim, the Chilean Antarctic Territory, and also within the Argentine and British Antarctic claims.