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Oymyakon, Sakha Republic, Russia. RECORD: −67.7°C (February 6, 1933) POPULATION: ~500 Oymyakon and nearby Verkhoyansk compete for the title of coldest…
Open this tour on the live map →Oymyakon, Sakha Republic, Russia. RECORD: −67.7°C (February 6, 1933) POPULATION: ~500 Oymyakon and nearby Verkhoyansk compete for the title of coldest permanently inhabited place on Earth. At −50°C (normal winter), car engines run 24/7 — turn them off and they won't restart. Glasses freeze to faces. Pen ink freezes. Fish freeze solid…
Dallol, Danakil Depression, Ethiopia. RECORD: 41.1°C annual average — highest ever recorded for any inhabited location POPULATION: ~30 (Afar salt miners) Dallol sits in the Danakil Depression — 125m below sea level, with active volcanoes, toxic gas vents, and acid pools. Salt miners work in 50°C+ heat, cutting salt blocks by hand and…
La Rinconada, Puno Region, Peru. ALTITUDE: 5,100m above sea level POPULATION: ~50,000 The world's highest permanent settlement sits on a glacier at the base of a gold mine. There is no running water, no sewage system, and no waste collection — the streets are lined with mercury-contaminated mud from gold processing. Workers use the…
Edinburgh of the Seven Seas, Tristan da Cunha. DISTANCE: 2,434 km from nearest land (Saint Helena) POPULATION: 245 (2024) — 80 families with only 8 surnames Tristan da Cunha is the most remote permanently inhabited island on Earth. A mail ship visits 8–9 times per year. There is no airport — arrival requires a 7-day ship journey from…
Coober Pedy, South Australia. SURFACE TEMPERATURE: Up to 52°C in summer POPULATION: ~1,700 Coober Pedy is the "opal capital of the world" — producing 70% of the world's gem-quality opals. But it's also famous because most residents live underground. The surface is so hot that people carved homes ("dugouts") into the sandstone —…
Begich Towers, Whittier, Alaska, USA. POPULATION: ~220 — nearly all live in ONE building Almost the entire population of Whittier lives in a single 14-story building: Begich Towers, a former Cold War military barracks. The building contains apartments, a post office, a police station, a general store, a laundromat, a medical clinic, and…
Norilsk, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia. WINTER: −50°C; 2 months of polar night (no sun at all) POPULATION: ~175,000 Norilsk is the northernmost city with 100,000+ people — and one of the most polluted places on Earth. The Norilsk Nickel smelter (world's largest) has released so much sulfur dioxide that no trees grow within 30 km. The snow…
FROM −67°C TO +52°C — mapped. KEY FACTS: • Coldest inhabited: Oymyakon (−67.7°C) • Hottest inhabited: Dallol (41.1°C average) • Highest city: La Rinconada (5,100m) • Most remote island: Tristan da Cunha (2,434 km) • Most polluted city: Norilsk (no trees in 30 km) • Smallest "town": Whittier (220 people, 1 building) • Deepest inhabited:…
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