[HN Gopher] What the World's Most Remote Islands Were Like Befor...
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       What the World's Most Remote Islands Were Like Before Humans
       Arrived
        
       Author : Thevet
       Score  : 15 points
       Date   : 2022-04-12 17:58 UTC (1 days ago)
        
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       | intrepidhero wrote:
       | Well, not the MOST remote. Wikipedia has a list[1]. Maybe
       | Marquesas is the furthest from a continental landmass (3000mi to
       | Mexico). But it's much closer to Tahiti than many of the other
       | islands on the list.
       | 
       | Remote islands became a casual study of mine during the
       | pandemic... for some reason. Happy to learn more about French
       | Polynesia.
       | 
       | [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extremes_on_Earth#Remoteness
        
       | EdwardDiego wrote:
       | I've always been in awe of the navigational capabilities of the
       | Polynesians. Sailing 2500 miles from the Marquesas to Hawaii,
       | someone must have scouted it out and told everyone how to get
       | there.
        
         | bruce343434 wrote:
         | Maybe there was a civil war and a group just got exiled, then
         | needed to find a new place?
        
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