Most Isolated Cities

When looking to come up with a list of the most isolated cities in the world, the parameters are unclear. The line between towns, settlements, and cities becomes blurred, with island nations holding a single town that is its capital city. Does that count? Who are we to judge…

In any case, there are towns and cities dotted across the globe that are incredibly isolated and we have included these in our search for the most remote cities, and here they are.

The most isolated city in the world

The world’s most isolated city is Adamstown which is found on the Pitcairn Islands in the middle of the South Pacific Ocean. The Pitcairn Islands are a British Territory and even though Adamstown is tiny, especially when compared to a regular city, with just some 50 odd residents, it’s named as the island’s capital and thus the most isolated city in the world.

Adamstown can only be reached via sea voyage, unsurprisingly there are no airports, and it wins the record for the second smallest capital city in the world. There is no cell phone reception, residents communicate via radio, but they do have satellite TV so they can keep up with what’s happening in the world around them.

Ittoqqortoormiit, Greenland

Ittoqqortoormiit wouldn’t be called a city in a high school geography class but we thought it deserved a mention anyhow. Ittoqqortoormiit sits on the southeast coast of Greenland on a peninsular and has just 450 residents. The local residents survive mostly through hunting and fishing the bountiful but freezing waters on the doorstep.

You might be surprised to hear that Ittoqqortoormiit also has a local grocery store and a few convenience stores so that the locals aren’t limited to foods they can hunt, catch or grow. The town is also home to a museum, a church, and if you take a look at google maps’ satellite view, you’ll notice there is even an Am