Hey YouTube, Jim here! Welcome to Top10Archive! Wish you could travel this year but don’t have
the time or money? We’ve got you. But this is no trip to the sunny Caribbean to have
a cocktail out of a coconut. Yet it is nice that we can do it in the comfort of our homes.
Travel with us as we explore the Top 10 most dangerous islands!
10. Ramree Island, Myanmar This island is off the coast of Myanmar - which
used to be Burma. Back in 1945 during WWII, British and Japanese troops battled into the
marshes around Ramree. Little did they know, the enemy soldiers were the last thing to worry about
out there. They were attacked by the saltwater crocodiles in the marshes. It was so bad that it
went into the Guinness Book of World Records as “The Greatest Disaster Suffered from Animals.”
Despite all this, historians still disagree about whether it actually happened or not.
9. Farallon Island Surely you thought this list would be
full of islands you’d never heard of, way off on the other side of the world. Sorry to disappoint.
Number nine is just off the shore of San Francisco where almost 48,000 drums of nuclear waste were
dumped after an aircraft carrier crashed. After being dumped, it’s stated that soldiers shot holes
in the barrels to get them to sink, so it’s not like the waste is contained, exactly. The dump is
just 31 miles away from the Golden Gate bridge and visiting it is probably not the healthiest idea.
8. Saba Island Saba island is probably the only place on Earth
that could claim to be hated by God. But it’s not for its lack of good weather or its political
situation. It’s simply something it can’t get rid of — its location. It’s located right in the path
of almost all hurricanes. It’s been hit by more hurricanes than any other island on earth for
the past 100 years. This simple, but unchangeable fact makes it one of the most dangerous islands
and possibly the worst place to live. 7. Ilha da Queimada, Brazil
As soon as you hear this dangerous island’s nickname, you’ll understand precisely why
nobody would want to go there. Ilha da Queimada is off the coast of Brazil and often referred to as
“snake island,” thanks to the thousands of Golden Lancehead Vipers that live there. Interestingly,
this is the only place in the world that the extremely venomous snakes live. Despite being
beautiful creatures, they'll surely kill you, as the island is said to be so saturated with them,
that there's 1 snake every 10 square feet, or 1 square meter. Of course,
there is a black market for them - so if you're into that sort of thing, expect to
pay around $30,000 if you know the right people. 6. Bikini and Eniwetok Atoll, Marshall Islands
Imagine the scandal if a country took a UNESCO World Heritage Site and started testing nuclear
weapons on it today. It would be an outrage, right? Well, grab your binoculars because we
won’t be coming too close to these islands. Here’s the story. Between 1946 and 1958, it was common at
Bikini Atoll, one of the Marshall Islands. Most of the original inhabitants of the island left
and refused to return, which wasn’t a bad idea since food and plants are still contaminated.
Nearby, at Eniwetok Atoll, another Marshall Island, a concrete dome was placed for dumping
radioactive soil and debris. The U.S. took over in WWII and residents were evacuated before the
43 nuclear tests were fired. The soonest the island is projected to be safe is 2027,
and even then I’m not sure I’d risk visiting. 5. Miyake-Jima, Japan
Let’s take a detour to Japan. We’ll stop at the Izu Islands, but we won’t stay long. See,
there’s active volcano activity from Mount Ōyama. When it erupted in the past, it wasn’t pretty.
Just look back to 2005, when it leaked poisonous gas all over the island forcing its inhabitants to
wear gas masks at all times. Now, there are alarms across the islands when sulphur levels rise.
4. Comoros Next on our tour,
Comoros. What, you’ve never heard of them? They’re a group of islands between Mozambique
and Madagascar. Despite the island itself being generally fine, the conditions there
aren’t. The water is contaminated and malaria is rampant. The milk is unpasteurized and Hepatitis E
and B are extremely common. Comoros is probably not a frequent spot on Cruise lines I’m guessing,
so we’ll just keep moving along. 3. Great Pacific Garbage Patch
Our next stop isn’t so much an island as it is a floating trash pit. No, literally. It floats in
the middle of the North Pacific ocean and it’s twice the size of Texas. Though this isn’t the
most dangerous island for humans, it definitely is for any animal that might cross its path.
Sea birds tend to forage the area for food and end up dead with toys and buttons in their stomach,
while many fish, dolphins, and turtles, become entangled in abandoned fishing nets.
2. Clipperton Island Here we are, at Clipperton
Island. Sorry we had to swim here, but even the Guiness Book of World Records’ “Most Traveled Man”
had to do the same. It’s remote, but that’s not the most dangerous part of the island.
It’s barren, has no freshwater, and the reefs that surround it on all sides could easily grate you
like cheese. That’s not all, though. There was an attempt at colonizing the island in 1906.
They depended on Mexican ships to bring supplies and when the Mexican Civil War left
the island abandoned and forgotten, things got savage. Think of a Lord of the Flies scenario.
Victoriano Alvarez was the last surviving male, and he enslaved, murdered,
and raped all the remaining women and children. Before being rescued, the women took revenge.
Now, the island remains untouched and full of all that bad karma.
1. North Sentinel Island, Andaman Islands North Sentinel Island is our last stop on
today’s tour, but we’re going to stay on the ship. In fact, we’re going to stay quite a bit away from
this one. Why? We assume it’s because no one has stayed there and lived. North Sentinel Island
is 20 miles off the coast of Smith Island, in the Bay of Bengal. On the island, live one of very few
uncontacted tribes that still exist, likely because of their hostility toward other people.
For years, they’ve opposed visitors, firing arrows at anyone they see. In 2018, 26 year old John Chau
bribed his way to the island in order to preach Christianity to the locals. It was reported that
he quickly died from a hail storm of arrows. Thanks for watching! Don’t know about you
but I think I’ll stick with the more relaxing and less dangerous islands
where the worst thing I’ll get is a pretty bad sunburn. Would you want to go to any of the
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