The Last Uninhabited Places on Earth - Statistics

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Answer Stats
Year Discovered Hint Answer % Correct
1503 Ecuadorian islands that inspired Darwin. Galápagos Islands
89%
1820 The last continent set foot on by humans. Antarctica
85%
1511 North Atlantic island, famous for the “triangle” and shipwrecks. Bermuda
85%
1690 Disputed South Atlantic islands, site of 1982 war. Falkland Islands
85%
1502 Remote Atlantic island, Napoleon’s final place of exile. St. Helena
85%
1456 Portuguese-discovered archipelago off West Africa. Cape Verde
81%
1643 Named by an English captain after its discovery on Christmas Day. Christmas Island
81%
1470 Equatorial islands in the Gulf of Guinea, later major sugar colonies. São Tomé and Príncipe
81%
1596 Arctic archipelago north of Norway, now home to the Global Seed Vault. Svalbard
78%
1507 Not a family get-together — but a French island in the Indian Ocean off the coast of Madagascar. Réunion
74%
1503 Indian Ocean island nation, once a pirate hideout. Seychelles
74%
1775 Volcanic islands are named after a famous Earl… not what you put between bread. South Sandwich Islands
74%
1522 Tiny French island named after the Dutch capital. Île Amsterdam
70%
1675 Remote South Atlantic isle & Shackleton's final resting place. Once a whaling hub — now mostly penguins and seals. South Georgia
59%
1506 The world’s most remote inhabited islands. Tristan da Cunha
59%
1614 Norwegian Arctic volcanic island, a military base and weather station today. Jan Mayen
56%
1790 Remote Pacific islands settled by the HMS Bounty mutineers. Pitcairn Islands
56%
1819 Named after Scottish islands, but these ones are far too cold for ponies. South Shetland Islands
56%
1772 French “Islands of Desolation” in the subantarctic Indian Ocean. Kerguelen Islands
52%
1701 Remote Atlantic base later used by NASA. Ascension Island
44%
1609 Indian Ocean islands first sighted by Europeans in 1609, later settled by Malays in 1825. Cocos (Keeling) Islands
44%
1853–1855 Where penguins meet lava — Australia’s only active volcanoes. In the subantarctic. Heard & McDonald Islands
37%
1821 Remote islands northeast of the Antarctic Peninsula. Despite the name, orcs don't live here. South Orkney Islands
33%
1663 South African subantarctic wildlife havens, mostly penguins not princes as the name implies. Prince Edward Islands
30%
1500 Home of the Moriori people, east of New Zealand. Chatham Islands
26%
1473 Tiny volcanic island south of São Tomé, now part of Equatorial Guinea. Its name means ‘Good Year’ in Portuguese. Annobón
22%
1559 Neighbor of the island above. Has a saintly name, but not much of a holiday spot. Île Saint-Paul
22%
1507 Smallest of the Mascarenes, east of Mauritius, named after the Portuguese navigator who discovered them. Rodrigues
15%
1788 Australian island in the Tasman Sea, World Heritage listed. Lord Howe Island
7%
1810 Australian sub Antarctic island, breeding site for royal penguins. Macquarie Island
7%
1772 Bleak French subantarctic bird colonies — sounds like a pastry, but croissants aren't on the menu. Crozet Islands
4%
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