10 Most Dangerous Islands In The World

in life •  6 years ago 

There are many beautiful islands all over the planet. Some of them are beautiful destinations which many people head to for vacation spots or just to get away from society. But stunning as they may be, there are islands that hold just as much danger as they hold beauty. Check out these 10 Most Dangerous Islands In The World.

  1. Tristan da Cunha
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    Tristan da Cunha, colloquially Tristan, is both a remote group of volcanic islands in the south Atlantic Ocean and the main island of that group. Tristan da Cunha is part of the British overseas territory of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha.

  2. Rock all Ireland
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    Rock all is an uninhabited granite islet within the exclusive economic zone of the United Kingdom, situated in the North Atlantic Ocean.

Did you know: The RV Celtic Explorer has surveyed the Rockall Bank and North West of Donegal in 2003

  1. Bear Island
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    Bear Island is the southernmost island of the Norwegian Svalbard archipelago. The island is located in the western part of the Barents Sea, approximately halfway between Spitsbergen and the North Cape.

  2. Ramree Island3471197be3e69d8306b0cdddb7e9a631.jpg

Ramree Island is an island off the coast of Rakhine State, Burma. The area of the island is about 1,350 square kilometres and the main populated center is Ramree

  1. Farallon Islands
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    The Farallon Islands, or Farallones, are a group of islands and sea stacks in the Gulf of the Farallones, off the coast of San Francisco, California, United States.

  2. Hashima Island
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    Hashima Island, commonly called Gunkanjima, is an abandoned island lying about 15 kilometers from the city of Nagasaki, in southern Japan. It is one of 505 uninhabited islands in Nagasaki Prefecture

Did you know: As petroleum replaced coal in Japan in the 1960s, coal mines began shutting down across the country, and Hashima's mines were no exception

  1. The Great Pacific Garbage Patch

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The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is the world’s largest collection of floating trash, and for whatever reasons aside from human stupidity, is the most famous. It lies between Hawaii and California and is often described as being “larger than Texas,” even though it contains not a square foot of surface on which to stand.

  1. Saba Island
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    Saba, a Caribbean island in the Lesser Antilles chain, is a special municipality of the Netherlands. Measuring just 13 square km, it consists essentially of the top of the dormant Mount Scenery volcano. Its surrounding Saba Marine Park, a renowned dive site, is home to coral formations, dolphins, sharks and turtles. There are also offshore sea mount, or underwater mountains created by volcanic activity.

  2. Miyake-Jima, Japan
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    Miyake-jima is an inhabited volcanic island in the Izu archipelago in the Philippine Sea approximately 180 kilometres southeast of Honshu, Japan.

Did you know: The island is home to an unusually rich flora and fauna with several rare species of birds and animals, although its natural habitats are constantly under threat from human and volcanic activity.

  1. The Island of the Dolls
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    The Island of the Dolls, or in Spanish, La Isla de las Munecas, is one really creepy spot. The island, which is fairly close to Mexico City, is overflowing with dolls hanging from trees. Myths abound about the island.

note - all Information source is google search

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