It is Forbidden to Go to These 10 Amazing Places in The World | Viral Storm

We are talking about places that are dangerous and where visitors’ lives are endangered, while other places are strictly protected for various reasons, most often historical and civilizational.

There are forbidden places in the world that are extremely attractive and irresistible to visit but they are either completely closed to visitors or there are strict rules for accessing these places. They can also only be seen by a very limited number of people.

We bring you a list of 10 places that are protected or too dangerous to visit, even for the bravest adventurers.

1. Heard Island and Volcano(Big Ben) in Australia

This is one of the most remote places on planet Earth where penguins, seals, and seabirds live. The island is located somewhere between Madagascar and Antarctica and belongs to the outer territory of Australia. There are 41 glaciers on 953 square kilometers. In 2000, experts from the University of Hawaii noticed a two-kilometer-long lava flow emanating from the southwest side of Mawson Peak. That is a part of the 837-meter-high volcano, which has been active ever since. Due to extremely unfavorable weather conditions, this island can be sailed for only two weeks a year. It has the most difficult access point in the world.

2. Snake Island in Brazil

Ilha da Queimada Grande or Snake Island isn’t called that for no reason. This creepy island is home to one of the deadliest species of snakes in the world, the golden snake. His venom practically dissolves human flesh. The island is about 32 kilometers off the coast of Sao Paulo. It is estimated that there are about 4,000 snakes on the island. People don’t live there, there is no one there, and there is only one lighthouse built in the 19th century.

The Brazilian government has strictly banned visits to the island, with one exception — it can be visited every few years by scientists and biologists who study snakes.

3. Sentinel Island, Andaman Islands

This island is completely surrounded by coral reefs which makes access to the island almost impossible. But coral reefs aren’t the only reason why you’ll have a hard time accessing this island. After the devastating earthquake and tsunami in the Indian Ocean in 2004, natives fired arrows and stones at helicopters carrying investigators who wanted to assess the damage from the disaster.

4 Lascaux Cave, France

This cave complex has been completely closed to the public since 2008 after fungi spread in the caves. These caves are located in France. On the walls, there are preserved oldest paintings ever found from the Paleolithic era. It is believed that the era began about 2.5 million years before Christ, while the paintings found are about 17,000 years old. The caves are under UNESCO protection and are on the World Heritage List. Another reason why this place had to be closed to the public is that visitors endangered the survival of these priceless drawings by their behavior.

5. Poveglia, Italy

This small island between Venice and Lida in the Venetian lagoon is considered one of the most haunted places in the world. It was abandoned in 1968 when the psychiatric hospital there closed. But before that, it also served as a quarantine for plague sufferers, and throughout history, it was a fortress and a checkpoint for navigation.

Rumors are circulating that the ghosts of the victims of the plague, the war, the doctors are walking on it. The Italian government offered it on a long-term 99-year lease last year and they hope someone will take it and renew it.

6. Vatican Secret Archives

Deep below the streets of the Vatican, there are letters of Michelangelo, Queen Mary of Scotland who was awaiting execution, and also King Henry VIII’s request for annulment of the marriage. There are also various historical documents about the Holy Seat, some even dating from the eighth century. The archive is owned by the current Pope, and it is estimated that more than 35,000 documents are housed on shelves that stretch for 83 kilometers. These rooms can be entered by a very small and select circle of people who pass strict controls before entering. These are just people who take care of the archive, carefully selected top students from prestigious world colleges and scientists from research institutes.

7. Great Tombs of Ise, Japan

This tomb complex is located in the province of Mie in Japan and consists of 125 smaller tombs dedicated to the goddess Amaterasu-Omikami. Although the site of the shrine is thought to date back to somewhere in the third century, it is relocated every twenty years, the last time this was done in 2013. The main tomb is the house of the ‘Holy Mirror’ called Yata no Kagami, which is otherwise part of the Regalia empire. Only the highest priests, who must be members of the Japanese imperial family, have access to the tomb.

8. Area 51, Nevada

No one can approach this area in Northern Nevada except the secret services and military personnel with special permission. Area 51 is the nickname for the remote U.S. Air Force base of the Edward Air Force. Aircraft and weapons have long been believed to be tested here, while conspiracy theorists have favored the theory that this is the base where the U.S. government stores evidence of extraterrestrial life including evidence of an alleged 1947 crash with aliens in Roswell, New Mexico. Even the airspace above this base, above which it is forbidden to fly over, is protected.

9. Qin Shi Huang Tomb, China

The tomb of the first Chinese emperor, Qin Shi Huang, who died in 210 BC is located deep in the mountains of central China. The tomb complex consists of a complicated network of underground caves loaded with things the emperor needs for the afterlife, including clay reproductions of his army, family, servants, horses, and other personnel, known as the Terracotta Army. Since the tomb was discovered, excavations began in March 1974 and more than 2,000 unique figures have been discovered. It is believed that there are about 8,000 figures inside, also unique. But the Chinese government will probably never allow the digging of an entire tomb because of ancient beliefs and rituals. One small section is open to tourists, while the main tomb is likely to remain closed forever.

10. Svalbard; Doomsday Treasury; Seed vault Norway

The Svalbard Global Seed Vault is a global, underground seed vault. This ‘bank’ is located on the Norwegian island of Spitsbergen, about a thousand kilometers away from the North Pole. It is a state-of-the-art building with about 840,000 samples of as many as 4,000 early seed species from all over the world. The vault was built with the intention of preserving the diversity of crops in the event of a global catastrophe or something similar, which would cause the disappearance of various crops from which we get food. In the event of a regional or global disaster, this state-of-the-art facility ensures that global food production is restarted. The seed bank is located 120 meters inside the mountain on the island of Spitsbergen. Only employees and government organizations from around the world that store seeds have access to the bank, and they can only access their seeds.

Originally published at https://viral-storm.com on September 11, 2020.