Top 10 most dangerous lands in the world

On the ranking of natural and man-made principles, "The World's Most Dangerous Lands" is a journey to challenging and mysterious lands. From majestic volcanoes to areas plagued by geopolitical conflicts, these are the dark spots on the map that are attracting the world's curiosity and concern. Join us in exploring places where nature and history have created difficult challenges.

1. Snake Island, Brazil

The world has many new and interesting lands. But not always and everywhere people can set foot to explore or visit. Ilha da Queimada Grande Island - Snake Island is one such place. This island in Brazil, located in the South Atlantic Ocean, is currently considered the most dangerous place in the world, to the point where humans are absolutely forbidden to enter.


Previously, this island was called "Fire Island" because fishermen tried to occupy the coast by burning forests and chasing wild animals into the deep forest, but with the presence of countless poisonous snakes, this place better known as “Snake Island”.


Officially known as Ilha de Queimada Grande, Snake Island is located off the coast of Sao Paulo, Brazil. Famous for its dense presence of snakes, this island is the only place on Earth where the world's most feared Golden Lancehead Viper exists and lives. This snake's venom is so strong that it actually melts human flesh. Therefore, do not risk yourself by visiting this island because deadly dangers are always lurking there at any time.
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2. Lake Natron, Tanzania

Lake Natron, Tanzania has a magical beauty with a bright red color like blood, when creatures step into it, they mysteriously turn to stone. Located in Northern Tanzania, Natron is no different from the lake of death on earth. The cause of this rare phenomenon is that the alkalinity concentration in the lake is too high, causing unlucky animals to fall into the lake to decompose and calcify. When the lake water level drops, animal carcasses wash ashore, covered with a layer of salt. With the lake surface as large and bright as a mirror, it is not difficult to imagine why the unlucky little animals slipped and fell into the lake.


The "culprit" causing the phenomenon on Lake Natron is the one million year old volcano Ol Doinyo Lengai south of Lake Natron. Lava flowing down from the mountain carries special mineral salts that are different from the salt in regular seawater.
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3. Syria

Syria, officially the Syrian Arab Republic, is a country in Western Asia, bordering Lebanon and the Mediterranean Sea to the west, Turkey to the north, Iraq to the east, Jordan to the south, and Israel to the southwest.


The name Syria formerly included the entire Levant, while the modern state includes the sites of many ancient kingdoms and empires, including the Ebla civilization from the third millennium BC. During the Islamic period, the capital city, Damascus, was the seat of the Umayyad Empire and a provincial capital of the Mamluk Empire. Damascus is considered by many to be one of the world's oldest continuously inhabited cities.


Modern Syria was established as a French mandate and gained independence in April 1946, as a parliamentary republic. The post-independence period was quite unstable, and many military coups and attempted coups rocked the country during 1949–1970. Syria has been under an Emergency Law since 1962, completely shutting down all constitutional protections for its citizens, and its system of government is considered undemocratic.
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4. Guatemala

Guatemala, officially the Republic of Guatemala, is a country in Central America, in the southern part of North America, bordering Mexico to the northwest, the Pacific Ocean to the southwest, Belize and the Caribbean Sea to the northeast, and Honduras and El Salvador to the southeast.


Guatemala's politics are based on a presidential representative democratic republic, in which the President of Guatemala is both head of state and head of government, and a multi-party system. Executive power belongs to the government. Legislative power is exercised by both the government and the Congress of the Republic. The judiciary is independent of the executive and legislature. The Guatemalan National Assembly consists of 80 members, elected by popular vote for a 4-year term.

Main parties: Christian Democratic Party (DCG); National Progressive Party (PAN); National Liberation Movement (MLN); Social Democratic Party (PSD); Revolutionary Party (PR); Guatemalan Republican Front (FRG); Democratic Union (UD).
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5. Sanaa, Yemen

Sana'a is the largest city in Yemen and the center of Sana'a province. Administratively, the city is not part of the region, but forms a separate district called "Amanat Al-Asemah". According to the Yemeni constitution, Sana'a is the country's capital, although the seat of the internationally recognized government was moved to Aden following the 2014–15 Yemeni coup. Aden was declared the temporary capital by president Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi in March 2015.


Sana'a is one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world. At an altitude of about 2,300 meters, this is also one of the highest capitals in the world. The city's population is approximately 1,937,500. Sana'a Old Town, a UNESCO world cultural heritage, has a distinct architectural style, prominently shown in buildings mostly decorated with geometric motifs. During the conflict that took place in 2015, bombs fell on this Old Quarter area and caused damage. In this area there is also Al Saleh, the largest mosque in the city.

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6. Naples, Italy

Naples is Italy's third largest city after Rome and Milan and the capital of the Campania region. In 2017, approximately 967,069 people lived within the city limits and its surrounding metropolitan area was home to 3,115,320 people. Its continuously expanding metropolitan area is the second or third largest in Italy.


First settled by the Greeks around the 2nd millennium BC, Naples is one of the oldest inhabited urban areas in the world. In the 9th century BC, a colony called Parthenope was established on the island of Megaride which was later re-established as Neápolis in the 6th century BC.


The city was once part of Magna Graecia, or "Greater Greece", playing an important role in the interaction between Greek and Roman societies, becoming a strategic cultural center under Roman rule. Roman. The city was the capital of the Duchy of Naples (661-1139), then the Kingdom of Naples (1282 - 1816) and finally the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies until the unification of Italy in 1861.

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7. Manaus, Brazil

Manaus is a Brazilian city, capital of the State of Amazonas and the main financial, business and economic development center of Northern Brazil. It is a historic town and harbor, located in the heart of the world's largest rainforest. It lies at the confluence of the Negroes and Solimões.


It is one of the most famous Brazilian cities worldwide, mainly for their potential for tourism and ecotourism, which makes the city the tenth largest tourist destination in Brazil. Manaus belongs to the center and bears the name Amazonense Center.It is notable for its cultural and architectural heritage, with numerous temples, palaces, museums, theaters, libraries and universities. It is located in the northernmost part of the country, km 3490 of the national capital, Brasília.


The city of Manaus is one of the main ports serving the development of the Amazon basin region. This city exports products such as rubber and wood. Main products and industries include: petrochemical refining, soap, chemicals, processed food, and tourism. The city was founded by the Portuguese in 1669 and was a booming city developing the rubber industry from 1890 to 1920.
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8. Dallol, Etiopia

Located about 130 meters lower than sea level, Dallol - the world's lowest terrestrial volcano - is one of Ethiopia's attractive tourist destinations. This place attracts many tourists to visit because its surrounding scenery is extremely unique and different.


Dallol is a volcanic crater in the Danakil depression in Ethiopia. It was formed during the volcano's eruption in 1926. Visitors can see many other similar craters dotted with white salt layers also located on the Dallol volcano campus. This remote land has an average annual temperature of 34oC (the highest on earth). At a glance, Dallol looks very similar to the famous hot springs of Golden Rock Park in the US, but its area is much more spread out.


Coming here, visitors will be truly fascinated by the impressive beauty of a strange land with vibrant colors of crimson mixed with green, yellow and white created from layers of salt and ponds. water and steaming hot mineral springs. This multicolored color scheme is the result of potassium salt compounds colored by sulfides, chlorides and oxides found in the geological crust here.
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9. North Sentinel Island, India

North Sentinel Island or Sentinel is an island of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, located in the Bay of Bengal. This is where the Sentinel people live, a tribe that rejects, sometimes brutally, any contact from the outside world. This ethnic group is one of the last tribes in the world that is almost untouched by modern civilization. Therefore, very little is known about the island.


Nominally the island belongs to the South Andaman district, which is part of the union territory of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands of India. In practice, Indian authorities acceded to the islanders' wish for self-determination and limited their powers to self-monitoring; Islanders were also allowed to kill non-tribals without trial. Therefore, it can be said that the island is a sovereign territory under the protectorate of India.
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10. Lake Nyos, Cameroon

Twenty-five years ago a cloud of carbon dioxide (CO2) spreading from Lake Nyos in Cameroon suddenly descended on villages around the lake, killing more than 1,700 people. To this day, scientists still cannot explain why toxic gas escapes from the lake.


For the people of Nyos village, Thursday is an important day because there is a market day. Thousands of people flock here to buy and sell and meet relatives and friends. August 21, 1986 was also a Thursday. The atmosphere in Nyos village is very bustling because this year the whole village has a corn crop. No one in the village noticed that just 3km away from the village, something strange was happening. It wasn't until 8:30 a.m. that day that they suddenly heard a rustling sound.


Later, witnesses recounted that the roar lasted for several dozen seconds, people rushed out of the thatched huts and glared at the lake. In front of them was a giant column of water, clouds of smoke that looked like white clouds rising from the lake surface. Thousands of cows died. The natural event happened so suddenly at Lake Nyos in just a few minutes but the consequences were unpredictable.
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