AN uninhabited 19-mile isle that’s almost 1,500 miles away from human life boasts an internet domain despite no one living there.
Bouvet Island in the South Atlantic Ocean, dubbed the world’s loneliest island, lies halfway between South Africa and Antarctica.
A whopping 1,400 miles away from humans, the nearest inhabited land is British overseas territory Tristan da Cunha.
While its isolation may seem to be its standout feature, the desolate isle is also haunted by an eerie past with lots of unsolved questions.
Back in 1964, an abandoned boat was discovered on Bouvet without any passengers and their identities remain unknown, according to Atlas Obscura.
And in 1979, a US satellite mysteriously spotted a bright flash of light between Bouvet and Prince Edward Islands.
No one at the time could explain the illumination but it’s now thought the flash was caused by a secret South African-Israeli joint nuclear bomb detonation.
But neither country has owned up and it’s just widely believed speculation.
What the island lacks in humans, it makes up for in nature and animals.
Species known to roam Bouvet include penguins, orcas and humpback whales.
But that’s not all – its glaciers serve as a paradise funky bird species like snow petrels and Antarctic prions who also call Bouvet their home.
Desolate but not barren, vegetation includes lichens and mosses and the island is uniquely characterised by an ice-filled crater of an inactive volcano in its centre.
Source: https://www.the-sun.com/news/12336890/worlds-loneliest-island-dark-past/
