Friday, May 18, 2012

10 Uninhabited Islands and Why Nobody Lives on Them

There are still many abandoned and uninhabited islands around the world. Why isn’t there anyone living on them? After all, 270 people live on Tristan de Cunha, which is 2430 kilometers from the next inhabited island! The reasons islands remain uninhabited are financial, political, environmental, or religious -or a combination of those reasons. Read about ten such islands in this article I wrote for mental_floss.




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