30 most undeveloped places on our planet
There are not so many places left in the world where no human foot has set foot. White spots on medieval maps were replaced by detailed satellite images of the area, the researchers managed to climb the highest mountains of the planet and even descend into the Mariana Trench. Ordinary people can see in detail such a strange place as the Galapagos Islands, simply by typing the appropriate request in the browser.
And yet, territories untouched by civilization still exist. Year after year, scientists discover new species of flora and fauna hidden in the hitherto unexplored world. We have collected 15 of the most interesting places on our planet, a thorough study of which will take many more years.
The plains of the East African Plateau are one of the most unexplored and romantic places in the world. Most of this area can only be explored by professional climbers. Therefore, the nature of the region for the most part remains pristine until now.
This region, home to at least 14 uncontacted Amazon tribes, is one of the most isolated places in the world, also because the government has defined their lives that way. About 2,000 indigenous people are completely autonomous from the Brazilian government. The size of their habitat is comparable to Austria. The right of the tribes to live in isolation is protected by a federal agency, and special forces oversee the borders, protecting them from intrusion by outsiders.
Rainforests are combined here with glaciers, fjords and hot springs. Northern Patagonia is one of the most interesting landscapes in the world. Now this is the most sparsely populated region of Chile, it is very difficult to get here, but it's really worth it.
The peninsula, located in the east of Russia, is one of the richest and yet unexplored in the whole world. More than three hundred volcanoes function here, including the one that has been continuously erupting since 1996. The local flora and fauna are very diverse. Most brown bears live in Kamchatka, while the population is only about 400 thousand people.
It is located off the east coast of Australia. Until the end of 2013, scientists did not even look in his direction - there are already enough white spots in those territories. When researchers from the UK and New Zealand sent underwater robots into this crack at the very bottom of the ocean, they discovered completely new types of deep-sea creatures that had never been seen anywhere before.
Many of the subtropical forests located on the steep slopes of the eastern section of the Himalayas have remained virtually untouched by human (read - destructive) activity. Hidden deep in the forests of the Kachin region is the largest population of tigers in the world. Bears, red pandas and rare species of gibbons also live here.
600 square miles of national park is what Tsingy de Bemaraha is all about. You can wander here for months. The reserve is located on the western outskirts of Madagascar. A huge number of plant and animal species are endemic to this region. Scientists believe that there is a lot hidden here and still not discovered by anyone. Only the southern end of the park is open for free visiting, but most of it is a protected area for tourists.
This name literally translates as "a place where there is nothing." The desert is one of the oldest (80 million years old, dinosaurs still lived in those days!) and the driest in the world. However, there is life here too. In addition, rich deposits of tungsten and uranium ores have been explored in the desert.
The main attraction of this remote stretch of Papua New Guinea is the Hindenburg Wall. The limestone mountain rises over a kilometer and turns into a huge plateau, where, high above the ground, there are ecosystems untouched since the emergence. Research conducted here recently made it possible to discover as many as a thousand species of animals and plants, almost a hundred of which were new to science.
Although the Vikings landed in Greenland as early as the year 1000, we are still discovering new parts of it, located deep in the northern region. Six new untouched islands off the coast of Greenland were discovered relatively recently, in 1999. Much of the mainland is still uninhabited. About 80 percent of the island is covered by an ice cap.
Fiordland National Park, the largest in New Zealand, was shaped by glaciers. The overwhelming desert is home to a unique variety of animals. Takahe were found here, which for centuries were considered an extinct species of flightless birds. Fiordland is one of the wildest areas in the Southern Hemisphere.
This is the homeland of the Sentinelese, whose number is from 50 to 400 people. They reject all contacts with third-party people, moreover, the natives have already attacked scientific groups several times. Therefore, the island still remains almost completely unexplored.
The cave is located in Central Vietnam, in the province of Quang Binh. Son Doong is located in Phong Nha Kebang National Park, 500 kilometers south of Hanoi. Here, speleologists have discovered halls reaching 200 meters in height and 150 meters in width, which made it possible to classify Son Doong as the largest cave in the world. The roof of the cave has collapsed in places. Through these holes, light enters the cave, thanks to which a real jungle has grown in it, inhabited by monkeys, birds and insects.
Just one and a half thousand kilometers from the largest Australian city of Brisbane is the wild territory of Cape Melville. The study of this area is possible only from helicopters, which, of course, complicates the work of scientists. New species of animals are discovered here all the time - in 2013 alone, as many as three were found.
A huge piece of territory (about the same size India has), located beyond the Arctic Circle. The climate here is one of the most extreme in the world. Most of the land is covered with permafrost, but even here many species of animals manage to survive, not to mention plants and local tribes. Apparently, a person can survive anywhere at all.