Most Remote Inhabited Places
Place↕ | Country↕ | Population↕ | Nearest Land (km)↕ | Access↕ | Known For↕ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tristan da Cunha | United Kingdom | 240 | 2,400 | 6-day boat from Cape Town, no airstrip | Most remote inhabited archipelago, volcanic island, one village Edinburgh of the Seven Seas |
| Pitcairn Island | United Kingdom | 40 | 2,100 | 32-hour supply ship from Mangareva | Home of HMS Bounty mutineers descendants, recruiting new residents |
| Easter Island | Chile | 7,750 | 2,075 | LATAM flight from Santiago (5.5 hours) | Moai statues, Rapa Nui culture, most isolated inhabited island with airport |
| McMurdo Station | Antarctica (USA) | 1,000 | 3,500 | Air Force LC-130 from Christchurch | Largest Antarctic research base, summer-only for most, dark winters |
| Longyearbyen | Norway | 2,500 | 650 | Flights from Oslo and Tromso | World's northernmost town, polar bears outside city, Global Seed Vault |
| Ittoqqortoormiit | Greenland | 345 | 800 | Weekly flight plus helicopter | East Greenland, frozen sea 9 months a year, Arctic wildlife |
| Alert | Canada | 60 | 817 | Canadian Forces flights only | Northernmost permanently inhabited place, 817km from North Pole |
| Adamstown | United Kingdom | 40 | 500 | Longboat landing only | Pitcairn's only settlement, capital of smallest jurisdiction on Earth |
| Oymyakon | Russia | 500 | 920 | 2-day drive from Yakutsk | Coldest inhabited place, minus 67.7C record, permafrost graves |
| Supai | United States | 208 | 13 | 8-mile mule or helicopter only | Havasupai Reservation bottom of Grand Canyon, mail by mule |
| Motuo | China | 10,000 | 117 | Road since 2013 only | Last Tibetan county to get a road, Himalayan jungle |
| Socotra | Yemen | 60,000 | 240 | Charter flights via Abu Dhabi | UNESCO biosphere, dragon blood trees, endemic species |
| Nome | United States | 3,500 | 870 | Daily Alaska Airlines flights | No roads connecting to US grid, Iditarod finish line, Gold Rush town |
| Saint Helena | United Kingdom | 4,439 | 1,950 | Weekly flight from Johannesburg since 2017 | Napoleon's exile island, South Atlantic volcanic rock |
| Tetiaroa | French Polynesia | 35 | 53 | Private charter from Tahiti | Marlon Brando's atoll, now The Brando eco resort |
| Kerguelen Islands | France | 45 | 3,300 | Marion Dufresne supply ship, 4 times a year | French sub-Antarctic research, Desolation Islands, no permanent residents |
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