What is also unique is the island isolated Tristan da Cunha, did not accept immigrants settled. Mating-mawin among close relatives. Now the population 271 people. Equally unique is the ghost island in the middle of the sea, Gunkanjima! But from a list of 10 amazing island, it appears that Indonesia placing two islands, Java and Samosir, in the list of islands most unique. What is unique??
1.Tristan da Cunha: Island Most Isolated on The World
The island is located in the south Atlantic Ocean, 2816 km from South Africa and 3360 km from South America. This very, very isolated from the outside world. Surrounded by mountains and sea making access to the island is very difficult. Not to mention the natural character that is difficult, such winds. The island is located in the sovereignty of Saint Helena, British, only has a population of 270 people.
Tristan da Cunha: Island Most Isolated on The World
The life of the people is farming. Interestingly, all the commons but pegawasan very tight to prevent the mutual claims of the work. Regulations there was strict, outsiders are prohibited from buying land here is also banned from living menetap.Karenanya arguably all of the people there is the original came from there, not immigrants. In addition to farming, the income of the population was obtained from the sea.
The island was discovered by Portuguese sailors Ilha de Tristão da Cunha in 1506, so named after the name of the sailor. Once the isolation of the island, up to the only means of transport to reach the island is by boat because there is no airstrip there. What also matters is the existence of genetic diseases are thought to occur because of marriage between relatives. This is due to the banning of immigrants living here.
2.Gunkanjima: Ghost Town in the Middle of the Sea
In the early 1900s, Gunkanjima an island that is prosperous for its rich coal. Mitsubishi Corporation which manages to mine coal here, really makes Gunkanjima a rich city and densely populated, whereas the vast island is less than 1 km2.
To accommodate the miners, ten apartment complex built on a small stone - a labyrinth of high associated with the pages, corridors, and stairwells. There are schools, restaurants, and gaming houses, all surrounded by a protective wall. The island is known as "Nashi Midori Shima" or the island without the green color. In the 50s a population of 6000 people, it is the island's most densely populated country in the world at that time.
Gunkanjima Ghost Island in the Middle of the Sea
But the coal mines that continue dredged up the bottom of the sea, over time runs out and the island was closed. The island does not have this plant was gradually die. Fifty years later, the island is like a ghost island, apartemen2 crumbling. Year 1974-2009, the island was declared closed from visitors. But recently, provision of new, unique island opened to tourists. The island is also listed as a Unesco World Heritage Site.
3.Dubai's Large-Scale Sand Art: Island Custom Shaped Palm Giants
The emirate of Dubai is super-rich building projects spectacular namely artificial islands off the coast. Outstanding job amazing world, arranging artificial islands is like a palm tree giant.
The islands are the largest land reclamation project in the world, as well as artificial islands in the world. The islands are the Palm Jumeirah, Palm Jebel Ali and Palm Deira.
Creator is Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum which aims to increase tourism in Dubai. Each island shaped palm tree, topped with a crescent, and will be equipped with various facilities that make it convenient population. Palm Islands situated off the coast of the United Arab Emirates in the Persian Gulf and will add 250 km of beaches of Dubai.
The first two islands will comprise approximately 100 million cubic meters of rock and sand. Palm Deira around 1 billion cubic meters of rock and sand. All ingredients come from the UAE. In all three islands there will be over 100 luxury hotels, exclusive villas and apartments by the beach, marinas, water theme parks, restaurants, shopping malls, sports facilities and health spas.
Construction of the Palm Jumeirah began in June 2001. Then, the Palm Jebel Ali was announced and reclamation work began. Palm Deira, which is planned for an area of 46.35 square meters and the building company, Nakheel, claims immensity beyond Paris, construction began in 2003. The construction will be completed for 10-15 years.
4.Samosir: Island on the Island
Samosir Island is located in the middle of Lake Toba, the largest lake on the island of Sumatra, Indonesia. Samosir Island is very broad, it could be is an island on the largest island in the world. The extent of 630 km2 is only slightly smaller than the area of DKI Jakarta (650 km2) or large Singapore 714 km2.
Another nickname for Samosir island is a lake on the lake. This is because in puau Samosir itself there are two beautiful lake that is Lake and Lake Aek Sidihoni Natonang, both a tourist destination.
The story of the creation of Samosir Island itself is an extraordinary. According to the wikipedia.org, Lake Toba is because volcanic eruptions devastating around 73-75000 years ago. Is estimated that volcanic materials spewed out the mountain as much as 2800 km ³, with 800 km ³ of rock overlies and 2,000 km ³ of volcanic ash which is expected in the wind to the west for 2 weeks.
Volcanic dust in the wind has spread to half the earth, from China to South Africa. Explosion occurred during 1 week and throw the dust up to 10 km above sea level. This incident caused mass death and in some species also followed extinction.
According to some DNA evidence, this eruption also reduced the number of people to about 60% of the total human population of the earth at that time, which is about 60 million people. The eruption also caused the ice age, although experts are still debating.
After the eruption, the caldera formed which is then filled with water and became what is now known as Lake Toba. Pressure upward by magma that has not come out that's what caused the emergence of Samosir Island. In addition to the island samosir, volcanic eruptions also cause the appearance of a peninsula on the mainland island of Sumatra which is now a small town Prapat.
5.Spratly Islands: Island Dispute contested 5 Countries
Spratly Islands is a series of more than 750 reefs, islands, atolls, cays and islands in the South China Sea between the Philippines, China, Malaysia, Brunei, and Vietnam. The length of 425,000 km sea. Spratlys are part of the three islands in the South China Sea, comprising more than 30,000 islands and reefs with geographically so complicated making it difficult to determine international boundaries.
Spratly Islands: Island Dispute contested 5 Countries
These islands have no indigenous people, but it is said, there is the fishing interesting. Based on the survey results while, chances are the islands that contain oil and gas is high.
Each country involved in the dispute to build military bases on the islands
Perhaps this discovery is also exciting countries are islands that entered its territory. No wonder each country that claims it makes military bases in 45 islands to demonstrate their existence.
6.Peacock, Island of Saints in Middle River
Tiny island Peacock Island called Holy Island because of the temple complex sacred Umananda. Tiny island is in the middle of the river Brahmaputra vast in the province of Assam, India. Temple Umananda built in Guwahati in 1594, by King Ahom Assam.
Among the temples located in Assam, the temple worship of Lord Shiva is one of the most visitors. To reach the temple, one has to cross the river by boat from the Kachari ghat. There is also a ferry service is available from 7 am in the morning until 5 pm in the evening.
7. Java, the most populous island in the World
Java is one of the islands most populous in the world. Based on the 2006 census, the population of Java reached 130 million. This is the island most populous in the world exceeds Honsu, the main island in Japan. Java, which was once the center of the kingdom of Hindu-Buddhist, Sultanate of Islam, as well as the power of the colonial Dutch East Indies, now plays a dominant role in the economic and political life of Indonesia.
Historically, most of the Java Island formed from volcanic events. Java is also the fifth largest bank in Indonesia and the island's 13th largest in the world. A chain of volcanic mountains form the backbone of the east-west along the island. Has three main languages, though Javanese dominant and is the native language of 60 million people in Indonesia, most of whom live on Java. Most residents are bilingual, with Indonesian as a second language. While the majority of Javanese are Muslim.
8.Azores: Can Cooking Without a Stove
The island is located in the Atlantic Ocean is truly unique, you come and want to cook, do not need to think about making the stove, simply dig the soil and enter the pot, so your food will be cooked. Azores are islands volcanic in offshore Portugal.Keunikan other is the island's weather can change quickly.
If the normal state so in the winter ranged 13 degrees Celsius summer of 22 degrees centigrade. But here the weather can change quickly. No wonder people say, on this island you can see four seasons in one day. Strange, is not it?
9. Ellesmere Small Island of the Frozen
Ellesmere is one of the islands in the world where the temperature reaches the freezing point. The island entered the territory of Canada, to the west of Greenland, is a natural fallow to 'laboratory' of the geologists and biologists who are studying the natural changes.
10. Ometepe: Island World's oldest Formed from Volcanoes
Ometepe: is one of the islands of the oldest in the world. Formed from two volcanoes sticking out of Lake Nicaragua in the Republic of Nicaragua. Its name comes from the Nahuatl. Words ome (two) and tepetl (mountain), meaning two mountains. Two volcano is Concepción and Maderas.
Although this is an island volcano is dangerous, but there are people living there, which number about 35,000 souls. Livelihoods mainly agriculture, animal husbandry. The area is also in the area of tourism.
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