The British island group of Tristan da Cunha stands profoundly alone in the South Atlantic. The nearest landfall is South Africa, 1,750 miles to the east.
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Norway's Bear Island is the southernmost island in the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard.
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Bouvet is almost entirely covered by a glacier. Its nearest neighbor is Antarctica, 1,000 miles to the south.
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Bishop Rock stands at the end of Britain's Isles of Scilly. Guinness World Records regards it as the world's smallest island with a building on it.
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Love the Scottish islands, but want something with more bite? Head west of the Outer Hebrides, and you'll find the archipelago of St. Kilda, 40 miles into the Atlantic. Boreray, one of the least hospitable islands, was occupied in prehistoric times.
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The inhabitants of North Sentinel Island in the Indian Ocean's Bay of Bengal are not known for hospitality. An aerial view is probably as close as you'll ever get.
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Rockall is the tip of an extinct volcano reaching 65 feet above sea level off Ireland.
