If you turn on the world population clock, you will find that the world population has now reached 7.798 billion. Nowadays, human footprints have spread all over the world.
There is a small island in the Atlantic that is the most remote human settlement on Earth. It is called Tristan Island. This small island has been inhabited by people since the early 19th century and now has a permanent population of over 300 people.
How remote is Tristan Island? The coordinates of Tristan Island are 37 ° 5 ′ S and 12 ° 16 ′ W. Tristan Island covers an area of 98 square kilometers and is a volcanic island. Its location is almost in the center of the South Atlantic; 2816 kilometers east of the African continent; 3360 kilometers west of South America; About 3700 kilometers south is the Antarctic continent, with occasional uninhabited islands in the middle; 2400 kilometers north is the nearest inhabited island of Saint Helena.
