The 10 Strangest Islands in the World

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Watch: The 10 Strangest Islands in the World To Subscribe Our Channel Please Click Below Link: http://goo.gl/CnuhTj 1. Svalbard Island, Norway If you head up to Norway and the exceedingly remote Svalbard Islands, you just might have to tangle with a some wild polar bears. The islands are located in the artic, and teeming with polar bears. Tourist flock here every year to watch these majestic creatures in their natural habitat. 2. Howland Island, USA Howland Island is situated just north of the equator, in the Pacific Ocean. The island is governed by the United States, and was once exploited for its large stockpiles of guano.These days the uninhabited island is a natural wildlife preserve. Amelia Earhart, the famous and pioneering pilot, should have landed here during one of her around-the-world flight attempts, but she never reached the island. 3.Hashima Island, Japan Hashima Island could once claim the title of the most densely populated spot on the planet. Despite that fact, the island, which was also famed for its coal mining, is now completely deserted. The thousands of Japanese workers, as well as forced laborers from China and Korean who toiled in the island’s deep mine shafts during WWII, are long gone. 4. Great Blue Hole, Belize Blue holes are round sinkholes located in the Caribbean Sea. While the Great Blue Hole, located near the Lighthouse Reef off of the coast of Belize, isn’t exactly an island, it still deserves a mention on this list. The circular hole is 480 feet deep and filled with aquatic life and limestone stalactites. 5.The Island of the Dolls, Mexico The Island of the Dolls, or in Spanish, La Isla de las Munecas, is one heck of a creepy spot. The island, which is fairly close to Mexico City, is overflowing with dolls hanging from trees. Some time in the past, a grieving man by the name of Don Julian, who had lost his entire family, heard a woman screaming in the distance. She was drowning in one of the many local canals. 6. Easter Island, Chile Easter Island (Rapa Nui) is a small dot way out in the Pacific Ocean. It was discovered by a Dutch captain on Easter Day in 1772, hence the modern name. The island is covered with large statues, known as moia. These massive stone monuments, often up to three stories tall, are famous all over the world. 7. Monuriki Island, Fiji There are plenty of uninhabited islands in the word. Monuriki wasn’t a particularly special one until it was featured in a Hollywood film. This small Fijian island served as the main shooting location for the film ‘Cast Away,’ staring Tom Hanks. 8. The Floating Islands of Lake Titicaca, Peru The Floating Islands on Lake Titicaca, in Peru, are entirely manmade. These Islas Flotantes, or floating islands, are woven together out of floating totora reeds, which form enormous mats. The mats are fastened to one another and the bed of the high altitude lake with ropes, to keep the mats from drifting off. 9. North Sentinel Island, Indian (Nominally) North Sentinel Island is one of the most isolated places on earth, and no, you’ll probably never be able to visit there. The Sentinelese, a hunting-gathering people who resist all attempts at contact from the outside world, inhabit the island, which rests in the Bay of Bengal. 10. Socotra Island, Yemen During a visit to Socorta Island, you could be forgiven for thinking you’ve landed on an alien world by mistake. This striking island, which is east of the Horn of Arica and administered by Yemen, is host to an amazing amount of unique flora and fauna found nowhere else in the world.