This document summarizes 7 of the most remote islands in the world, providing details on their location, climate, and notable features. The islands discussed are: The Kerguelen Islands in the southern Indian Ocean, known for its glaciers and penguin populations; Spitsbergen, the largest island of the Svalbard archipelago in Norway and former whaling base; Pitcairn Islands in the South Pacific, of which only Pitcairn is inhabited; Novaya Zemlya, an archipelago in the Russian Arctic that was a former nuclear testing site; Tristan da Cunha, the most remote inhabited archipelago in the world located in the south Atlantic; Easter Island, famous for its

1. By Z.Nandin-Erdene

2. Content:
 List of most-remote islands
 Speciality of each places
 Brief information about the islands

3.  The Kerguelen Islands
 Spitsbergen
 Pitcairn Island
Novaya Zemlya
 Tristan da Cunha
 Easter Island
 South Georgia

4. 1. The Kerguelen Islands
- Located in the southern
Indian Ocean
- Archipelago* consist of 300
islands
- Filled with glaciers,
mountains, and vast plains
- Haven for seals,
albatrosses, and four
species of penguins.
Archipelago* - A group of islands

5. 2. Spitsbergen
- Largest and only permanently populated island of the
Svalbard archipelago in northern Norway.
-The 36th-largest in the world.
- The island was first used as a whaling base in the 17th and
18th centuries, after which it was abandoned.
- Svalbard is a breeding ground for many seabirds, and also
supports polar bears and reindeer .

6. 3. Pitcairn Islands
-A group of four volcanic islands in the southern Pacific
Ocean
- The four islands – Pitcairn, Henderson, Oeno and Ducie
- Only Pitcairn, the second-largest island that measures
about 3.6 kilometres from east to west, is inhabited.

7. The best time to visit the Pitcairn Islands runs from January to
March, being the warmest and sunniest. During this period you
can even swim in the sea.

8. 4. Novaya Zemlya
Novaya Zemlya* – New land
-An archipelago in the Arctic Ocean
in Russia and the easternmost point of Europe
- Novaya Zemlya consists of two major islands,
and a number of smaller islands.
- The two main islands are Severny (Northern)
and Yuzhny (Southern).
- Novaya Zemlya was the site of more than 100
nuclear tests between 1954 and 1990.

9. 5. Tristan da Cunha
-Name of remote group
of volcanic islands in the
south Atlantic Ocean
- It is the most remote
inhabited archipelago in
the world
- The archipelago has a
wet oceanic climate
- Daily mean temperature
is 14.8 °C

10. 6. Easter Island
- The name is for a small
triangular volcanic island in
the South Pacific.
-Located 2,088 km from
Pitcairn Island
- Easter Island may be the
most-isolated place on the
planet
- The lowest temperatures are
recorded in July and August
and the highest in February

11. This island is famous for its gigantic stone statues—the
enigmatic moai. The moai means that human figured statues of
Easter island. Moai are chiefly the living faces of ancestors.
Almost all moai have overly large heads three-eighths the size of
the whole statue

12. 7. South Georgia
- British overseas territory in
the southern Atlantic Ocean.
-It is a collection of islands
and a chain of smaller islands
known as the South
Sandwich Islands.
- Typical daily maximum
temperatures is around 0 °C
in winter and 8 °C in summer.
- The climate is classified as
polar.

13. Tussock grass at the coastline
of South Georgia.

14. References:
• https://www.britannica.com/list/8-of-the-
worlds-most-remote-islands
• https://en.wikipedia.org
• https://www.buzzfeed.com/patricksmith/13-of-
the-worlds-loneliest-islands-you-will-never-
visit?utm_term=.fhQNLr3am#.qo6bOd2RB
• Britannica encyclopedia