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St. Matthew Island is said to be the most remote place in Alaska

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Re: St. Matthew Island is said to be the most remote place in Alaska

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Post by saagarjha »

notsuoh wrote: post #2

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.wik…

I like to do this too. I've tried finding islands without names or county claims on them, but it's fairly difficult to do this–the islands you linked are the only ones I've been able to find.

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Post by notsuoh »

jsackmann wrote: post #11
notsuoh wrote: post #2

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.wik…

Those Antarctic islands are the Balleny Islands. I took a cruise a couple of years ago from NZ to Antarctica, and we were able to land on Borradaile island [1], one of the Ballenys. I can't find my notes for the exact figure, but the historian on board said that, including us, only a few hundred people had ever set foot there. Many expeditions pass within sight of them, but landing is treacherous--IIRC, we went onsho…

Yes! Balleny! That is a really great story, I'm jealous you got to go there. That aligns with my understanding that it's very difficult to actually land there even if you plan it really well. Sounds like you had the luck of a lifetime, amazing.

Re: St. Matthew Island is said to be the most remote place in Alaska

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Post by notsuoh »

xefer wrote: post #16
notsuoh wrote: post #2

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.wik…

Maybe you’re already aware of it, but the book “Atlas of Remote Islands” may be of interest: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlas_of_Remote_Islands At one time you could group Wikipedia articles in “books” that you could have printed. I had collected all the islands listed in the book mentioned above into a sort of companion: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book:A_Companion_Guide_to_At...

I was not! This looks great. I went ahead and ordered the hardcover edition, thank you for the heads up.

Re: St. Matthew Island is said to be the most remote place in Alaska

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Post by croissants »

notsuoh wrote: post #2

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.wik…

I think this is more mainstream than the remote places you linked (and, since it's pretty close to the Australian coast, not that remote) but Ball's pyramid is an uninhabited place that gives me strong "hard bonus mini-boss for the completionists" vibes [1].

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ball%27s_Pyramid

Re: St. Matthew Island is said to be the most remote place in Alaska

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Post by notsuoh »

acjohnson55 wrote: post #17
notsuoh wrote: post #2

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.wik…

Reminds me of René-Levasseur Island in Canada. It is a nearly circular island within a lake that's not much bigger than itself. And it, in turn, contains lakes, with islands within them. https://www.google.com/maps/place/Ren%C3%A9-Levasseur+Island...

I'll admit I had only really been looking into the oceans for places like this. I'm really enjoying reading about René-Levasseur Island, thank you for posting!

Re: St. Matthew Island is said to be the most remote place in Alaska

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Post by drdeadringer »

notsuoh wrote: post #2

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.wik…

> I've always been really interested in these far flung places

This is what keeps me interested in such things regarding the USPS and similar [0]. How are they fed? Funded? Staffed? Otherwise maintained with supplies e.g. mechanically, computationally, electronically, &c?

I do not think my reference video is so far fetched regarding such a question.

[0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QhRFaY8A9cA

Re: St. Matthew Island is said to be the most remote place in Alaska

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Post by LittlePeter »

kqr2 wrote: post #7

Another interesting place in Alaska is Whittier where almost everybody in the community lives in a single building: https://www.npr.org/2015/01/18/378162264/welcome-to-whittier...

Here is an HN thread of someone who grew up in Whittier answering questions: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8840005

Re: St. Matthew Island is said to be the most remote place in Alaska

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Post by EdwardDiego »

notsuoh wrote: post #2

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.wik…

I've always wanted to check out Raoul Island[1] in the Kermadecs, it looks quite lovely apart from the active volcanic lake that killed a ranger, and South Georgia Island[2] - especially after reading about Shackleton's epic feat of endurance[3] where they sailed 1300km in a small boat, then crossed the mountains of South Georgia to reach a whaling station to summon help.

[1]:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raoul_Island

[2]:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Georgia_and_the_South_Sa...

[3]:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperial_Trans-Antarctic_Exped...

Re: St. Matthew Island is said to be the most remote place in Alaska

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Post by VHRanger »

croissants wrote: post #25
notsuoh wrote: post #2

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.wik…

I think this is more mainstream than the remote places you linked (and, since it's pretty close to the Australian coast, not that remote) but Ball's pyramid is an uninhabited place that gives me strong "hard bonus mini-boss for the completionists" vibes [1]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ball%27s_Pyramid

Dragon Roost island in Zelda: Wind Waker is based on this feature
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