If you enjoy looking at a map and wondering what life is like in the places you’ve never heard of, here are ten names to look up. Some are island nations, others are territories with their own identities, and one is a mountain region whose recent history has reshaped life there.
We start with the freshwater pools of Vanuatu, cross the English Channel and the Irish Sea, and finish in the South Caucasus. How many of these places could you find on a map without searching for them?
2Pitcairn Islands
Of the four islands in this British Overseas Territory, only Pitcairn itself is inhabited. Its settlement, Adamstown, is tied to the story of the HMS Bounty mutineers and the Polynesians who settled there with them.
There’s no airport, and landing at Bounty Bay depends on sea conditions. After a long journey across the Pacific, even the final stretch to shore comes down to what the ocean is doing that day.
