The remote island may be inhospitable to humans, but it provides a home to major populations of wildlife.
Published Mar 4, 2019
Crete is the largest and most heavily populated island of Greece.
Published Aug 15, 2011
Bouvet Island is known as the most remote island in the world; Antarctica, over 1600 kilometers (994 miles) to the south, is the nearest land mass. Located near the junction between the South American, African, and Antarctic tectonic plates, the island is mostly formed from a shield volcano—a broad, gently sloping cone formed by thin, fluid lavas—that is almost entirely covered by glaciers.
Published Oct 6, 2008
A massive cloud rises above Andros Island in the Bahamas.
Published Jan 15, 2018
Acquired September 29, 2012, this natural-color image shows South Georgia Island and nearby icebergs.
Published Oct 6, 2012
New Zealand’s Southern Alps rise high above the landscape and influence the weather around them.
Published Feb 26, 2022
Low Sun angles enhance certain wavelengths of light, painting the atmosphere over a distant patch of ocean.
Published Sep 12, 2019
In the western Pacific Ocean, a new volcanic island that formed in the shadow of Nishino-shima has merged with it. The island has doubled in size as the eruption continues.
Published Apr 4, 2014
There is no permanent human base on South Georgia Island, a British territory in the South Atlantic Ocean that lies 1,300 kilometers east of the Falkland Islands. The crew of the International Space Station captured this image of the rugged and isolated landscape of the northern shore of the island. The first recorded explorer to land on the island was Captain James Cook aboard the HMS Resolution in 1775. He mapped part of the coastline, but was discouraged by the thick ice cover, lack of vegetation, and steep mountains. Mt. Paget, the highest peak, rises to 2,934 meters (9,625 feet) above sea level, and the island supports 161 glaciers. Cook named the southernmost point of the island “Cape Disappointment” when he realized he had not reached Antarctica.
Published Oct 17, 2005
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