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These are the world's most remote towns

Far-flung boltholes around the globe
Ittoqqortoormiit, Greenland
Hana, Maui, Hawaii, USA
Applecross, the Highlands, Scotland, UK
Coober Pedy, South Australia, Australia
Whittier, Alaska, USA
Churchill, Manitoba, Canada
Iruya, Argentina
Edinburgh of the Seven Seas, Tristan da Cunha, Saint Helena
Ocracoke, North Carolina, USA
Kalpa, Himachal Pradesh, India
Iqaluit, Nunavut, Canada
Longyearbyen, Svalbard, Norway
Supai Village, Arizona, USA
Inverie, Knoydart Peninsula, Scotland
Ogimachi, Shirakawa-go, Japan
Oland, Germany
Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia
Stepantsminda, Mtskheta-Mtianeti, Georgia
Scobey, Montana, USA
Siwa Oasis hamlets, Egypt
Telegraph Cove, British Columbia, Canada
Matapalo, Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica
Marfa, Texas, USA
Adamstown, Pitcairn Island, Pitcairn Islands
Alston, Cumbria, England, UK
Fort Simpson, Northwest Territories, Canada
Hanga Roa, Easter Island, Chile
Homer, Alaska, USA
Gásadalur, Faroe Islands
Eskifjörður, Iceland
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Far-flung boltholes around the globe

From tiny hamlets clinging to cliff faces to dinky island villages cut off by oceans, the world's most remote small towns are often as breathtaking as they are isolated. Here, we take a virtual tour of the remote reaches of the Earth, so you can dream of life at a different pace.
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Jacqui Agate

26 August 2021

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