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Have you ever been to dangerous places or circumstances? fast rivers, dark forests, full of dangerous animals, an avalanche or even a shootout? Our planet is full of dangerous places that you shouldn’t go to for many different reasons. In some of them, deadly hurricanes occur too often, in others there is a war, somewhere the crime rate is off the charts, and in some parts of the planet even the air itself is toxic, and radiation dosimeters are sounding the alarm. In this list you will learn about the 25 most unfriendly and most undesirable places on Earth to visit.

25. Sahel, North Africa

The Sahel is a region on the edge of Africa's great Sahara Desert. Previously, local residents exploited limited resources very irresponsibly water resources in this district. As a result, this has led to severe desertification of soils and greatly increased the risk of drought and famine in the region. In just 12 years from 1972 to 1984, over 100,000 people died in the Sahel region due to drought.

24. Queimada Grande or Snake Island, Brazil


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Officially, this piece of land is called Ilha de Queimada Grande, but it is better known as Snake Island. This land is located in the coastal waters of Sao Paulo and is famous for the fact that it is the only place in the world where the island botrops, a type of extremely poisonous snake, lives. Their poison is so strong that it literally melts human flesh. It is not surprising that the Brazilian authorities have completely banned visits to Snake Island.

23. Danakil Desert, East Africa


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The Danakil Desert is located in northeastern Ethiopia, south of Eritrea and northwest of Djibouti. This desert is considered one of the most hostile and dangerous places on the planet. The reason for this is the volcanoes and geysers located here, emitting toxic gases, and extreme heat. During the day the thermometer rises above 50°C in Danakil! In addition, due to conflicts in Eritrea, you risk being kidnapped by bandits when visiting this amazing desert.

22. Oymyakon, Russia


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Lost in the heart of Siberia, thousands of kilometers from Moscow, the Russian village of Oymyakon is known as a permanently inhabited settlement, where the lowest temperature in the history of observations was recorded - down to minus 71.2 °C! This village is one of the coldest places on Earth, and as many as 500 people call it home. Cell phones There is practically no work here due to the constant frost. There is also no need to talk about agriculture, because not a single crop can survive in such cold weather.

21. Syria


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Due to prolonged violent conflicts in Syria last years consistently ranks among the deadliest countries in the world. Residents of this war-torn state know firsthand the bombing of residential areas, hunger and shortages of medicine, prolonged sieges and even the use of chemical weapons against ordinary civilians.

20. Alagoas, Brazil


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Brazilian metropolises such as Rio de Janeiro or Sao Paulo are larger than all others major cities countries are famous for their high crime rates. However, in Brazil there is a place much less famous and large, but it is there that the most brutal lawlessness occurs in the country and, perhaps, even in the whole world. The state of Alagoas is literally deadly. Over 2,000 people are killed here every year, even though the state has a population of only 3 million citizens.

19. Monrovia, Liberia


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The capital of the West African country, Liberia, Monrovia is home to the worst slum on the entire continent called West Point. About 75,000 people live in a fairly limited area, and these slums are ruled by a cholera epidemic, the streets are flooded with drugs, the crime rate and teenage prostitution in West Point are off the charts, and civilized toilets and bathrooms are familiar to local residents only from stories and movies. However, life is not easy not only in the slums, but also in Monrovia as a whole, because this city is very polluted and is constantly struggling with environmental disasters(frequent floods, for example).

18. Mount Sinabung, Indonesia


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Mount Sinabung is an active stratovolcano located on the Indonesian island of Sumatra. It erupts quite often, and thousands of people regularly lose their shelter and livelihood due to the powerful elements. Nearby towns and villages were more than once completely drowned in hot ash and ash. The most recent major eruptions wiped out populated areas in 2010, 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016. Unfortunately, dozens of people died during these disasters.

17. Skeleton Coast, Namibia


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The Skeleton Coast is located on the Atlantic coast of Namibia and is famous as one of the most deadly and unfriendly natural places on the ground. This rugged piece of land gets its name from the abundance of whale and seal skeletons scattered along the coast. Even people died here, and shipwrecks are often found on the wild beach. The current and the treacherous bottom are to blame.

16. North Korea


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Living under a totalitarian dictatorship, North Korea is best known for having a worse human rights record than almost anywhere else in the world. Both local residents and foreign tourists here constantly end up in prison for what in democratic countries is considered absolutely normal and harmless. Due to the deterioration of diplomatic relations between North Korea and the United States, this Asian country has become especially dangerous for American tourists, who literally risk not getting out of here alive if the curiosity and adventurism of travelers nevertheless overpower the instinct of self-preservation and prudence.

15. Guatemala


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Guatemala has long been known for its extremely high crime rates, but that's not the only reason the Central American country makes it onto our list of the most dangerous places on the planet. Geographical location and Guatemala's topography makes it extremely vulnerable to at least three natural disasters: earthquakes, hurricanes and landslides. For example, in 1976, a magnitude 7.5 earthquake killed about 23,000 people.

14. Lake Natron, Tanzania


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Lake Natron is located at the foot of a mountain that is part of the Kenya Rift (or Gregory Rift), and it is rightfully considered one of the deadliest bodies of water in the world. Its water is extremely salty and heats up to 60 °C, and the acid-base balance ranges between 9 and 10.5. Such a highly alkaline environment means that animals in this lake petrify (calcify) extremely quickly, its water very quickly eats away the paint on fabrics, and can also seriously harm the skin and eyes of unadapted animals, including humans.

13. Sanaa, Yemen


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Sanaa is the capital of Yemen and the city is famous for a number of reasons. For example, it is the oldest continuously inhabited city in the world. It is also the highest capital in the world relative to sea level – 2200 meters. Unfortunately, Sana'a is also one of the most dangerous places on Earth due to the fact that eternal chaos reigns here - constant bombings, murders and terrorist attacks.

12. Naples, Italy


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Naples is one of the largest Italian cities and has long been famous for its amazing architecture and delicious cuisine. Unfortunately, it was not for nothing that this place was included in the list of the most creepy places on the planet. This is a real trap, ready to bury millions of people at any moment. The entire city sits directly on the giant supervolcano Campi Flegrei, and scientists believe that an eruption from this volcano could potentially pose a deadly threat to everyone in the region.

11. Mailuu-Suu, Kyrgyzstan


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Mailu Suu is home to about 23,000 people and is a mining town whose residents formerly worked in uranium mines. It was here that about 10,000 tons of uranium were mined for the USSR nuclear program in the 20th century, and now this city is one of the most radioactive places on the planet. In addition, landslides, earthquakes and floods are the most common occurrence in this region, which only increases the risk of exposure over and over again.

10. Manaus, Brazil


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Manaus is home to almost 2 million people, and this metropolis is not on our list because of its crime rate, which is lower than many other Brazilian cities. The capital of the state of Amazonas is located right in the middle tropical forest on the banks of the legendary Amazon River, in the vicinity of which many extremely dangerous animals live. For example, swimming in this river is a very reckless idea, because piranhas, anacondas, electric eels and other deadly creatures are found here.

9. Bermuda Triangle, North Atlantic


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The Bermuda Triangle has long had a reputation as an ominous or even mystical place. Geographically, it is an area of ​​the Atlantic Ocean between Florida, Puerto Rico and Bermuda, bounded by a conventional triangle. For decades, the region has been associated with a string of supposedly mysterious disappearances, either caused by the Earth's magnetic fields or related to alien intervention. Some of strange cases have long been explored and explained, but there are mysteries that still remain unsolved and excite the imagination of mystics.

8. Dallol, Ethiopia


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A ghost town in northern Ethiopia, Dallol is one of the most remote, low-lying and hottest on Earth. The average annual temperature here is approximately 34.6 °C, and this place was once the hottest populated area in the world. The groundwater in this area is extremely saline and acidic. In addition, near Dallol there are geysers that evaporate toxic gases into the air.

7. North Sentinel Island, India


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North Sentinel Island is part of the group Andaman Islands in the Bay of Bengal and politically belongs to India. This land is famous for its picturesque views and amazing nature, but the locals are extremely hostile and aggressive towards strangers. They refuse to contact outsiders and have even killed several intrusive visitors.

6. Lake Nyos, Cameroon


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Located in the northwest of Cameroon, the Nyos crater lake is located in an area with volcanic activity and constant leaks of carbon dioxide directly from the ground. During a “limnological catastrophe,” carbon dioxide erupts directly from the bottom of the reservoir and forms a deadly cloud. This gas is heavier than air, and therefore it immediately settles on the ground, displacing oxygen and killing all life in its path. Two such gas eruptions in the 1980s killed more than 1,700 people and approximately 3,500 livestock.

5. Haiti


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Third largest country in the Caribbean (after Cuba and Dominican Republic), Haiti is also a country where hurricanes occur almost more often than anywhere else in the world. Haiti is not only located right on the “hurricane highway,” but it is also a rather poor country that cannot independently deal with the consequences of regular natural disasters. Settlements usually built in floodplain valleys, natural defenses (such as forests) have long been degraded, and the country's economy is not stable enough to afford flood protection and hazard warning systems. This is why almost every hurricane here ends up being deadly.

4. Burkina Faso


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Burkina Faso is a small, landlocked West African country. This place was ranked as the most dangerous place on the planet due to problems with terrorism and frequent hostage takings. Criminals are attacking hotels, cafes, restaurants and other places where ordinary people gather for recreation and entertainment. Some of the terrorist attacks in Burkina Faso were carried out by organized groups from neighboring countries(Mali, Niger).

3. Death Valley, USA


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Death Valley is located on the border between Nevada and California in the Great Basin Desert, and it got its name for a reason. It is incredibly hot here in the summer (up to 56.7 °C), and terribly cold in the winter months. In addition, due to storms that rage in the area of ​​​​the mountains surrounding this place, the lowlands of the valley are often and extremely suddenly flooded.

2. Fukushima, Japan


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In March 2011, the Japanese prefecture of Fukushima, the island of Honshu, became the site of one of the most tragic nuclear disasters in human history. A nuclear power plant exploded in Fukushima as a result of a powerful earthquake and tsunami. Even today, 6 years after the disaster, very high levels of radiation are still recorded here, making this place one of the most dangerous in the world.

1. Fraser Island, Australia


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Australia's Fraser Island is literally strewn with beautiful beaches with white sand and clear water. Although this place is picturesque, it is an extremely dangerous area that should be avoided. Sandy beaches are infested with poisonous spiders, and very aggressive ones live here wild dogs dingoes, and the sea itself is overrun with sharks and poisonous jellyfish.

There are places on our planet that tourists should stay away from. Read our top 10 most dangerous places on the planet - and learn about places where visiting is fraught with incredible risks.

10 California coast

9 Darvaza

8 Death Road in Bolivia

7 Dyatlov Pass

6 Bermuda Triangle

5 Death Valley

4 Mount Washington

2 Danakil Desert

The most dangerous places on the planet are a real test for the courage of extreme sports enthusiasts. But if you do not consider it necessary to risk your life, then, perhaps, it is better to choose safer places for travel.

Mount Washington's winter wonderland is deadly for the casual hiker and the deliberate photographer. natural beauty. And incredibly desirable for the one who “ordered” suicide by being blown away by a hurricane wind into a prickly ice snowdrift.


2. Poisonous beauties of the Danakil Desert
We understand - leisure, new impressions, but not as much! - we told our friends who were packing for a vacation in the Ethiopian desert, but they didn’t listen to us.


The Danakil Desert in northern Ethiopia is called “Hell on Earth” by everyone who has been there. Lovers of risk and horror listen to the storytellers, look at the photos and, one after another, go on a deadly trip through one of the most terrible and strange landscapes on the planet.


Once you walk on the cosmic surface of Danakil, you don’t need to fly to Mars. There is almost no oxygen to breathe over the volcanic wasteland, but there is enough scorching air for everyone and everything, saturated with fetid gases generated by the boiling earth underfoot and melting stones.


Traveling through the Danakil Desert is, to say the least, unhealthy. Fifty-degree heat, the risk of stepping on an awakening volcano yawning with scarlet lava and getting cooked, the risk of inhaling sulfur vapor for the rest of your life and making it short. In addition, in the Afar region, semi-wild tribes of Ethiopian citizens periodically go on the warpath for water and food. Ten-year-old boys with guns and machine guns can become another of the world's most terrible surprises that await a traveler in a place of unearthly beauty - the African Danakil Desert.


3. Capital of the grandchildren of cannibals
The main city of eastern New Guinea, the gateway to a state that calls itself "Nujini", the city of Port Moresby is the most dangerous of the world's capitals. From the sea and from the sky, the New Guinea “pearl” looks quite attractive:


In fact, it's like this:


In Port Moresby, such helmsmen of the “banana republic” as the president and ministers live and work, and bandit brigades control the real life of the city. For a white person, the capital of PNG is a terrible place. It’s the same as putting an intellectual in prison with young children.


Papuans in the forest kill strangers for food, and this is explained by the lack of protein in their traditional diet. Papuans in the city are cheating tourists because of laziness and unemployment. Spoiled by Australian handouts, the Aborigines do not want to work, and even if they want to, it is very difficult to find work. There is only one thing left to do - join a gang and get money for booze, drugs and girls by hunting suckers. People are killed in Port Moresby 3 times more often than in Moscow. These guys don’t care about the police, because they are bought or intimidated. Look at their faces and never again dream of becoming the second Miklouho-Maclay, because they will eat you like Cook.




Every person burdened with a household has dark corners, not only in his biography, but also in his home. This is not necessarily a closet with teaching spiders to intimidate Pinocchio. In a dark corner there may be, for example, a stash - something valuable that, unlike a person, is not afraid of darkness. There are such mega-corners in every country on every continent. No culture can live without cursed places. The scariest places on the planet compete with each other in the intensity of quiet horror, like economies, brands or football leagues. The most terrible places attract guests - from among the bourgeoisie who are accustomed to seeing horror on TV. Life would be boring without such corners of the Earth. Like in an apartment without dark corners.
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4. Forest of cultural suicides
Aokigahara is an old forest at the foot of sacred mountain Fuji. People come here not to pick mushrooms, not to barbecue, but to say goodbye to life. For some time now, Aokigahara has been affectionately loved by authentic Japanese suicides.






An approximate count of those who have gone into the forest forever has been carried out since the early 1950s. Over the course of half a century, Aokigahara took in the bodies and, for a time, the souls of more than 500 volunteers. They say that fashion came after the publication of Seiko Matsumoto’s book “The Black Sea of ​​Trees”, two characters of which, holding hands, went to hang themselves in this venerable forest, so mastered by shadows that even on a sunny afternoon you can easily find scary place, shrouded in damp grave gloom.

Walking around scary forest Aokigahara, the traveler will stumble upon not only corpses, skulls and nooses. And also on numerous billboards with inscriptions like “Life is a priceless gift! Please think again!” or “Think about your family!”


In the 1970s, the problem attracted national attention and since then, every year government units are sent to clear the forest of “fresh” corpses. The area of ​​the tract is 35 square kilometers. Over the course of a year, from 70 to 100 newly arrived suicide victims “ripen” on tree branches.


Several years ago, looters appeared in Aokigahara, cleaning out the pockets of hanged men and tearing not ropes from their necks, but gold and silver chains. They manage not to get lost. Remain meek and optimistic.


5. Beer, glass, skeletons
The cozy, civilized Czech Republic cannot in any way be called a scary country. Tourists enjoy everything here - delicious beer, affordable drugs, beautiful houses, bridges and girls. And perhaps even the most terrible place Western Europe pleases the tourist's eye, being remembered for a lifetime. This is the famous ossuary in the city of Kutna Hora.


For the inhabitants of medieval Europe, the abbey in Sedlec, a suburb of Kutna Hora, was the most fashionable and desirable cemetery. Its insane popularity was due to the fact that in 1278 a certain monk brought some soil from Jerusalem, from Golgotha ​​itself, and scattered the holy soil in small handfuls throughout the local churchyard. Many thousands of people wanted to be buried in Sedlec. The cemetery has grown greatly, they began to bury people in 2-3 tiers, which is not divine. Therefore, since 1400, an unusual tomb has been operating in the abbey - a warehouse for bones removed from graves that were not cared for.


In 1870, the new, secular owners of the lands and buildings of the old monastery decided to restore order to the ossuary and invited a local creative artist, a carver named Rint, to do this. With the deadly sense of humor and taste inherent in true Czechs, Pan Rint created a terrible miracle from the mortal Catholic remains of 40 thousand people. He not only organized the deposits of bones and skulls, but also built from them a massive coat of arms of the owner’s noble family and a magnificent chandelier with garlands. Memento mori, pani ta panove!



The eerie chapel is open to visitors drunk on beer and Becherovka seven days a week.


6. Museum of horror stories - a maniac’s dream, the pride of doctors
The Mütter Museum of the History of Medicine in Philadelphia is home to all the worst things that can happen to the human body. The museum was founded in 1858 by Dr. Thomas Dent Mutter. Admission to the Sanctuary of Medical Science costs $14. The exhibition presents all kinds of pathologies, ancient and unusual medical equipment, and biological samples of varying degrees of nightmare. It also houses the most impressive collection of American skulls.




Top positions in the Mütter Museum are occupied by such interesting exhibits as a wax sculpture of a female unicorn; a ten-foot human intestine that contained 40 pounds of it; the body of a “soap lady” (a female corpse that has turned into a fat wax in the ground); tumor removed from US President Cleveland; conjoined liver of conjoined twins; a piece of the brain of Charles Guiteau, the assassin of President Garfield.





There are rumors that at night something out of the ordinary happens in the museum - either scary or funny.


7. Monkey for the enlightened
The Tibetan Drapchi Prison, which is located on the road from Lhasa Airport to the city of Lhasa, is considered the most terrible penitentiary institution in the world. In Drapchi, the evil Chinese have been pedantically rotting the rebellious Tibetan lamas since 1965. Here, behind the thorns, there are more monks than in any single Buddhist monastery.




The Chinese occupation authorities cynically call such prisons “rehabilitation centers.” In Drapchi you can get a “stray” bullet in the forehead for looking incorrectly in the direction of the guard. Prison monks are beaten mercilessly for the slightest protest. One of the regime violators spent so long in a solitary cell that he forgot how to speak. Another has been languishing in prison for 20 years for distributing a copy of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. In addition, Buddhists in the Chinese Gulag are forced to take classes on scientific communism. If you haven't learned your lesson, you'll get hit in the chakras with a batog. If you don't come to class, try some bamboo porridge. Is this prospect really scary?




Lyrical digression: wandering through the black Japanese forests with hanged men and museums with skulls and intestines, we, romantics, completely forgot about such the most terrible places on the planet as the working torture rooms of the criminal investigation department in the regional police departments. About places where a small civil war and nano-genocide are played out every day. What saves us, romantics, from visiting such “horror films” is the holy faith in justice and neatness. appearance chaste eyes. As for the civil war, I remember that the most terrible, bloody and unusually stupid of them was in Rwanda. A terrible African country, where we will go today.
8. Africa is terrible, yes, yes, yes!
All Soviet children know that the nasty, bad, greedy Barmaley lives in Africa. The concentration of barmaley per square mile of tea plantations is off the charts at 420 individuals. In 1994, barmalei with a machete decided to reduce their own population by 900 thousand souls. That's what came out of it




Having learned from the embassy reports about the Rwandan genocide and its consequences, the white man sighed heavily and went to pacify the barmalei. Those of them whose hands were bloodied higher than the elbows were sent to prison. Yes, in a difficult time - the most crowded and unsanitary in the world. This incredibly scary place has a lyrical name - Guitarama.




In barracks designed to house 500 prisoners, more than 6,000 Rwandan barmalei are languishing, waiting 8-10 years (!) for trial. They are tormented by hunger, so biting off a cellmate’s heel or ear is normal. There is nowhere to lie down, so constant standing causes prisoners’ feet to rot, which doctors have to amputate without anesthesia. The floor is wet and filthy, the stench spreads for half a mile, disgracing the capital city of Kigali in the eyes of the peacekeepers. Every eighth barmali dies in this prison without waiting for a verdict - from violence or disease. And neither God nor the devil forbid that an intelligent white man get into Guitarama...




9. Home of the Slumdog Millionaire
What does real India smell like? Incense, marijuana, fried cremation meat? Real, unpolished India smells of slop, sewage and chemical waste. This stench is inhaled from morning to evening by friendly and superstitious consumers of Bollywood film products, residents of an area where renting an “apartment” for a month costs no more than $4. This is Dharavi, Asia's largest shanty town - a slum settlement in the heart of charming, multimillion-dollar Mumbai.




The main character of the film “Slumdog Millionaire” comes from the “city within the city” of Dharavi. Over a million Hindus and Muslims live here on 175 hectares of dirty land. Their bread is recycling city garbage, which is brought here in tens of tons every day. Residents of terrible slums are recycling plastic, cans, glass and waste paper. Their barefoot children and wives rummage through Mumbai's trash bins in search of anything they can recycle.






By 2013, the Mumbai authorities intend to raze Dharavi to the ground. Where should the residents, those who did not manage to become millionaires, go? Go back to the village? It's scary to think about it.


10. Capital of Incessant Violence
When the Indian wakes up and goes to collect bottles, the Somali is still sleeping, hugging his favorite toy - a Kalashnikov assault rifle. He sleeps lightly, shuddering and drooling blackly - after all, just look, land-based Somali pirates will come and tear him to pieces. In the capital of collapsed Somalia, the city of Mogadishu, violence and fear are the norm.


People of the Somali anthropological type are stately and beautiful. They often die young, taking their cruel beauty to a deserted grave. But new, future sea and city robbers are born, who do not disdain anything, so as not to show themselves weak and not be left without dinner.





Those who are tired of the war are fleeing Mogadishu, but they cannot escape from themselves. Over the past year, 100 thousand residents of the warring capital left the city, risking death not from a bullet, but from thirst. The UN is not even able to transfer humanitarian aid to them - it’s scary, and there are no security guarantees.






How scary it is to live... Fortunately, not for us.

Earth - amazing planet covering a vast territory. It's about about the only one celestial body V solar system where there is life. Wherein animal world amazes with its diversity and majesty. How many amazing individuals live in the seas? How many dangerous predators live in forests and jungles? At the same time, a small scorpion may turn out to be a more dangerous enemy than a huge reptile. But in addition to representatives of the animal world, there are many unexplored and strange locations on Earth. We suggest considering the most dangerous places on the planet.

TOP 10 Most Dangerous Places on Our Planet

The Top 10 most dangerous places on the planet include Chernobyl. This is about small town in Ukraine, which experienced a terrible disaster in 1986. To this day, there is an excess of radiation here. The fact is that a nuclear reactor exploded here. As a result of the emergency, about several tons of radiation dust covered the Zhytomyr region. Thousands of people died. Millions were displaced and left their cities. However, this city attracts the attention of many tourists who want to experience the thrill.

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In the Atlantic Ocean there is a unique Snake Island, which is annually in demand among the most adventurous travelers. Based on the name, you can guess that snakes live on this island. Moreover, only snakes live in this place. It’s hard to believe, but there are 5-6 snakes per square meter of the island’s territory. Thus, Snake Island is the largest natural serpentarium on our planet.

The most dangerous place in Russia is considered to be the Mountain of the Dead. We're talking about anomalous place, which is located in the north of the Urals. So many explorers and tourists have given up their lives trying to explore this unique phenomenon. By no means, no one has managed to understand the nature of the origin of the pass. To this day, history remembers the mysterious death of all members of the Dyatlov expedition, after which this mystical city was named.

California is also included in the list of the most dangerous places on Earth. This is due to the fact that the waters of this city are the most favorite place for white sharks. Predators swim almost to the shore. At the same time, it is registered annually great amount victims Many cases end in death. Despite the danger, a colossal number of surfers are always concentrated here, wanting to have fun and get a dose of adrenaline.

Despite the wonderful landscape, Ethiopia is very dangerous. The desert is truly colorful and interesting climate. In summer the temperature here reaches +50 degrees. Therefore, it is dangerous to be in the desert for more than a few minutes. Burning oxygen is not the only problem. The fact is that the desert atmosphere contains a huge amount of gases that can kill a person. And this is not the end. Powerful earthquakes are regularly observed here. Many believe that hell is located in this place.

The Top 10 most dangerous places on our planet also includes the Russian Death Valley. This is located amazing place in Kamchatka. Namely, in a small reserve, not far from the Kikhpinych volcano. An interesting corner attracts not only beautiful scenery, but also dangerous. Although this pleasure is not for everyone. Only desperate tourists are able to approach the Valley of Death. A huge number of people died here due to the poisonous gas. However, every year there are many brave souls who try their luck.

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Fire Mountain must be considered one of the most dangerous places on the planet. The name of the location is due to the presence active volcano, which during its existence produced more than a hundred eruptions. The last disaster was registered in 2014. The column of smoke from the eruption rose 3,000 meters in height. In this case, nearly 200 people died. It’s scary to guess how many deaths were observed.

The most dangerous place on the planet is the road of death. We are talking about a path that includes mass sharp turns, dangerous terrain, terrible road surface. Despite this, there are many cyclists who want to try their luck. Every year dozens of athletes and hundreds of motorists die. It is worth noting that they tried to restore the road, but in the 70s an event occurred due to which the work was suspended. At the 20th kilometer the cars fell off and crashed.

The 10 most dangerous places on the planet are presented to the attention of the curious. The information used in the article is taken from reliable sources.

10. Reveals the ten most dangerous places on the planet Lake Kivu(Central Africa). A mountainous reservoir, no different from others in appearance, contains a clear threat to local residents. A population of 2 million people lives on a “powder keg” almost in the literal sense of the word. The lake has huge methane deposits equal to 55 billion cubic meters. A small earthquake or volcanic eruption will lead to the death of all life in the surrounding areas. The scientists’ fear is quite justified, because next to Kivu there is an active volcano called Kituro, the last eruption of which in 1948 led to the boiling of the lake and the death of all the fish. Despite this, not far from the reservoir there are resort towns which are visited by tourists every year. The panoramic views here are very picturesque, and the water in the lake is crystal clear.

9.Komodo Island(Indonesia), aka Komodo national park is one of the most dangerous places on the planet to visit. Its main inhabitants are huge three-meter Komodo dragons, which pose a potential threat to human life. There are not isolated cases of attacks on local residents. Killing the animals is prohibited by local authorities, as the species is rare and is protected. The lizards inhabiting the island sometimes create complete chaos, digging up graves and eating the corpses of people. For this reason, many residents began to bury their deceased relatives under cement slabs. Monitor lizards are very susceptible to the smell of blood and can smell it at a distance of 5 kilometers. Often their victims were tourists with wounds, as well as women during their menstrual cycle. In 1999, the film “Komodo” was dedicated to this captivating and at the same time creepy island. Island of Horror."

8. The most dangerous places on Earth were created not only by nature, but also by man. Such a creation is Death Road in Bolivia. The transport artery was built at the beginning of the 20th century by Paraguayan prisoners, stretching 70 kilometers forward at an altitude of about 4 thousand meters above sea level. For many years, it was the only land transport route connecting the capital of the state with the province of Yungas. The road with difficult terrain, sharp changes and a width of just over 3 meters is located in the highlands. It is very dangerous to move along a narrow path with a clay soil surface. According to some reports, the Road of Death claims more than a hundred human lives every year. In the second half of the last century, attempts were made to reconstruct the road surface, but work stopped already at 20 kilometers. Now the Road of Death is a favorite place for extreme tourists who are ready to take a risky journey on mountain bikes.

7. The top 10 most dangerous places on the planet include Chernobyl(Ukraine). A total of about 8.5 million people suffered from the disaster that happened thirty years ago. The radiation dose from Chernobyl is 10 times higher than the contamination received by the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Scientists studying the “forbidden zone” claim that the radioactive background will persist here for several hundred years. It is extremely undesirable to be here even in a protective suit and masks, since particles of radiation dust can penetrate through special clothing.

6.Manchac Swamp The state of Louisiana (USA) ranks sixth on the list of the most dangerous places on the planet. Another name is “Swamps of Ghosts”. The mystical area, shrouded in a veil of secrecy, has a bad reputation. The thing is that people disappear here regularly. According to legend, at the beginning of the 20th century, the swamps were cursed by a follower of the Voodoo cult, who was kept here as a prisoner. After this, an incredible hurricane hit the nearest settlements, destroying everything to the ground. Attempts were made to drain Manchac and cut down all the trees. The operation ended with the destruction of the buildings where the workers were located and the death of several people. Now the Swamp of Ghosts is favorite place for tourists who are in search of thrills. The swamps pose a real threat to human life, as they are literally teeming with alligators.

5.Darvaza or the Gates of Hell is one of the ten most dangerous places on the planet. A fire crater with a diameter of 60 meters is located in the middle of the Karakum Desert in Turkmenistan. It was formed in 1971 as a result of drilling an exploration well in places where natural gas accumulated. During the work being carried out, the ground collapsed, forming a huge hole 20 meters deep. To prevent people and animals from being harmed by the gases, it was decided to set the crater on fire. The burning was expected to last only a few days. But the gas regularly escaping from the ground does not allow the flame to subside to this day. Being near a fire-breathing crater is extremely dangerous due to high temperatures and the risk of its edges collapsing.

4. Death Valley, located on the Kamchatka Peninsula, is one of the most dangerous and mystical places on the ground. This is a real phenomenon created by nature, which scientists cannot give an exact explanation to this day. The thing is that a long stay in the Valley of Death is dangerous for both human life and any animal. It is located at the base of the active volcano Kikhpinych, which means “fire-breathing mountain”. On its western slope there are hot springs emitting gas. Within a radius of two kilometers from the volcano, all living things die from suffocation. The reason for this is carbon dioxide and hydrogen sulfide coming out of the ground. Once here without a gas mask, a person begins to experience weakness, dizziness and dry mouth. If you do not leave the Valley of Death in time, then death is inevitable. This terrible place has become the death of hundreds of people, and animals that accidentally ended up here die every day.

3.Afar Basin or the Afar Triangle (Ethiopia) reveals the three most dangerous places on our planet. Regular tectonic movements occur here, which provoke earthquakes. The number of earthquakes per year can reach 160. Due to the constant movement of the earth's crust, huge cracks up to 8 meters deep form on the soil surface. Being here is associated with an every-minute threat to human life. Despite this, there previously existed in the Afar Basin small settlement Dallol, which is now uninhabited.

2.Danakil Depression- one of the most dangerous places on the planet, captivating with its deceptive beauty. It was accidentally discovered at the beginning of the 20th century by travelers in northern Ethiopia in the desert of the same name. Danakil is also considered the hottest place on Earth, where the air temperature reaches +63 degrees and the soil +70. The depression is located 125 meters below sea level. On its territory there are three volcanoes: Ayalu, Dallol and Erta Ale. The last of them is active and is part of the “Afar Triangle”. Erta Ale does not sleep day or night, throwing pieces of hot lava into the air from his lake of fire. The Dallol volcano, or rather its dead multi-colored lake, annually captivates and attracts tourists who are in search of thrills and unearthly beauty. Last eruption Dallol occurred in the 20s of the last century, which contributed to the formation of a huge lake filled with sulfuric acid. High temperatures, poisonous gases and regular eruptions do not stop daredevils who want to visit the most amazing and dangerous place in the world.

1. The top most dangerous places on the planet are headed by Queimada Grande, which means Snake Island in Portuguese (Brazil). It is located near the coast of Sao Paulo. On a rocky, small area lives one of the most dangerous species snake - island bothrops. The venom of reptiles is so toxic that it can kill a small animal in a couple of seconds. The bite of the island bothrops is also fatal to humans. According to some data, per 1 sq. meter of the island there are up to 5 poisonous individuals. This type of snake is endemic, that is, it lives directly only on this island. Deadly predators settle in trees and bushes, so birds most often become their victims. Visiting the island is prohibited by order of the Brazilian authorities. In 2002, the film “Snake Island” was made, dedicated to this place on Earth.

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