The Last Places on Earth Discovered by Humans

Know your subarctic, subantarctic and remote tropical islands? Can you guess the names of the last places on earth to ever be set foot on by humankind? Be warned, the answers are mainly remote and obscure overseas territories, with only the occasional country.

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Sources: Encyclopedia Britannica & Wikipedia

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Year Discovered	Region	Answer
1821	Southern Ocean	South Orkney Islands
1820	Southern Ocean	Antarctica
1819	Southern Ocean	South Shetland Islands
1810	southwestern Pacific	Macquarie Island
1788	Tasman Sea	Lord Howe Island
1775	South Atlantic	South Sandwich Islands
1701	South Atlantic	Ascension Island
1772	southern Indian Ocean	Crozet Islands
1772	southern Indian Ocean	Kerguelen Islands
1690	South Atlantic	Falkland Islands
1675	South Atlantic	South Georgia
1663	southern Indian Ocean	Prince Edward Islands
1614	Arctic Ocean	Jan Mayen
1596	Arctic Ocean	Svarlbard

Year Discovered	Region	Answer
1559	southern Indian Ocean	Île Saint-Paul
1522	southern Indian Ocean	Île Amsterdam
1511	North Atlantic	Bermuda
1507	Indian Ocean	Réunion
1507	Indian Ocean	Rodrigues
1506	South Atlantic	Tristan da Cunha
1503	Indian Ocean	Seychelles
1502	South Atlantic	St. Helena
1500 - 1550	South Pacific	Chatham Islands
1473	Gulf of Guinea	Annobón
1470	Gulf of Guinea	São Tomé and Príncipe
1456	Atlantic Ocean	Cape Verde
1427*	North Atlantic	Azores
1420*	North Atlantic	Madeira
*Recent studies indicate that these islands were settled much earlier, between 700 - 850 AD, likely by the Norse.
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