5. Katskhi Pillar, Georgia
Katskhi Pillar is probably the world’s most isolated Church. It has been inhabited by Maxime Qavataradze, 59 who is a monk and looks after the church. He is living there for as many as 20 years and is supplied with essentials daily by a pulley system. He has the freedom to leave the Church only if he’s ready to spend 20 minutes descending the 131-feet ladder. To date, only a handful of people who are invited are allowed to reach the sacred spot.
6. Bishop Rock Lighthouse, Great Britain
Enlisted in the Guinness Book of Records, the Bishop Rock Lighthouse is ‘The World’s Smallest Island with a Building on it’. The entire island is about 46 meters long. The construction of the 167 feet tall lighthouse began in 1847. The lighthouse keepers moved in, officially inhabiting the island in 1858.7. Tristan da Cunha, Iceland.
Located in the South Atlantic, Tristan da Cunha is the world’s most remote inhabited island. It is a group of islands that is inhabited by a total of 268 people as of 2015. The nearest mainland is a city in Cape Town which is 1,743 miles away from the island group.
7. Ellidaey Island, Iceland
If you were to visit Ellidaey Island you would be about as isolated as you can be. It is said that about 300 years ago five families lived on the island. They hunted puffins and raised cattle. By the end of the 1930s, the families left and in 1953 the Ellidaey Hunting Association built a lodge that is to be used for hunting purposes only. There are also some unfounded rumors that the island is gifted to the Icelandic singer, Bjork.
8. Svalbard Global Seed Vault, Norway
As the name suggests the Svalbard Seed Vault contains a large variety of spares of seed samples held in gene banks all over the world. The Government of Norway funded the construction of the Vault. Hundreds and thousands of seed types can be found within and the count keeps on growing.
