10.Great Pacific Garbage Patch – Pacific Ocean
The Great Pacific Garbage Patch, also  described as the Pacific Trash Vortex, is a gyre of marine litter in the  central North Pacific Ocean located roughly between 135° to 155°W and  35° to 42°N. Most current estimates state that it is larger than the  U.S. state of Texas, with some estimates claiming that it is larger than  the continental United States, however the exact size is not known for  sure. The Patch is characterized by exceptionally high concentrations of  pelagic plastics, chemical sludge, and other debris that have been  trapped by the currents of the North Pacific Gyre. The patch is not  easily visible because it consists of very small pieces, almost  invisible to the naked eye, most of its contents are suspended beneath  the surface of the ocean. This is not a place the average Joe would want  to visit.
9. Izu Islands – Japan
The Izu Islands are a group of volcanic  islands stretching south and east from the Izu Peninsula of Honshū,  Japan. Administratively, they form two towns and six villages; all part  of Tokyo. The largest is Izu Ōshima, usually called simply Ōshima.  Because of their volcanic nature, the islands are constantly filled with  the stench of sulfur (extremely similar to the smell of thousands of  farts). Residents were evacuated from the islands in 1953 and 2000 due  to volcanic activity and dangerously high levels of gas. The people  returned in 2005 but are now required to carry gas masks with them at  all times in case gas levels rise unexpectedly.
8.The Door to Hell – Turkmenistan
This has featured on listverse before,  but it would be remiss of us to exclude it from this list. While  drilling in Derweze in Turkmenistan in 1971, geologists accidentally  found an underground cavern filled with natural gas. The ground beneath  the drilling rig collapsed, leaving a large hole with a diameter of  about 50-100 meters. To avoid poisonous gas discharge, scientists  decided to set fire to the hole. Geologists had hoped the fire would go  out in a few days but it has been burning ever since. Locals have named  the cavern The Door to Hell. As you can see from the picture above, it  is one hell of an amazing place, but certainly one you wouldn’t want to  visit.
7.Alnwick Poison Gardens- England
Inspired by the Botanical Gardens in  Padua, Italy (the first botanical garden which was created to grow  medicinal and poisonous plants in the 1500s), the Alnwick Poison Garden  is a garden devoted entirely to plants that can kill. It features many  plants grown unwittingly in back gardens, and those that grow in the  British countryside, as well as many more unusual varieties.  Flame-shaped beds contain belladonna, tobacco and mandrake. The Alnwick  Garden has a Home Office license to grow some very special plants;  namely, cannabis and coca which are found behind bars in giant cages –  for obvious reasons.
6.Asbestos Mine – Canada
Asbestos is a set of six naturally  occurring silicate minerals highly prized for their resistance to fire  and sound absorption abilities. On the downside, exposure to this stuff  causes cancer and a variety of other diseases. It is so dangerous that  the European Union has banned all mining and use of asbestos in Europe.  But, for those curious enough to want to get close to the stuff, all is  not lost. In Canada at the Thetford Mines, you can visit an enormous  open pit asbestos mine which is still fully operational. The workers in  the mines aren’t required to wear any sort of respiratory protection,  and in some sections of the nearby town, residential areas are butted  right next up against piles of asbestos waste. The mine offers bus tours  of the deadly environment during the summer months. Tickets are free  (would you expect it to be any other way?). If you decide to visit,  don’t forget your full body bio-hazard suit.
5.Ramree Island – Burma
Ramree Island in Burma is a huge swamp  home to 1000s of salt water enormous salt water crocodiles, the  deadliest in the world. It is also home to malaria carrying mosquitos,  and venomous scorpions. During the Second World War, the island was the  site of a six week battle in the Burma campaign. Here is a description  of one of those horrifying nights: “That night [of the 19 February 1945]  was the most horrible that any member of the M.L. [motor launch] crews  ever experienced. The scattered rifle shots in the pitch black swamp  punctured by the screams of wounded men crushed in the jaws of huge  reptiles, and the blurred worrying sound of spinning crocodiles made a  cacophony of hell that has rarely been duplicated on earth. At dawn the  vultures arrived to clean up what the crocodiles had left…Of about 1,000  Japanese soldiers that entered the swamps of Ramree, only about 20 were  found alive.”
4.Yungas Road – Bolivia
The North Yungas Road (Road of Death or  Death Road) is a 61 kilometres (38 mi) or 69 kilometres (43 mi) road  leading from La Paz to Coroico, 56 kilometres (35 mi) northeast of La  Paz in the Yungas region of Bolivia. It is legendary for its extreme  danger with estimates stating that 200 to 300 travelers are killed  yearly along it. The road includes crosses marking many of the spots  where vehicles have fallen. The road was built in the 1930s during the  Chaco War by Paraguayan prisoners. It is one of the few routes that  connects the Amazon rainforest region of northern Bolivia, or Yungas, to  its capital city. Because of the extreme dropoffs of at least 600  metres (2,000 ft), single-lane width – most of the road no wider than  3.2 metres (10 ft) and lack of guard rails, the road is extremely  dangerous. Further still, rain, fog and dust can make visibility  precarious. In many places the road surface is muddy, and can loosen  rocks from the road.
3.Mud Volcanoes of Azerbaijan – Azerbaijan
In the Spring of 2001, volcanic activity  under the Caspian Sea off the Azeri coast created a whole new island.  In October 2001 there was an impressive volcanic eruption in Azerbaijan  at Lokbatan, but there were no casualties or evacuation warnings. But  Azerbaijan does not have a single active volcano, at least not in the  usual sense of the word. What Azerbaijan does have is mud volcanoes –  hundreds of them. Mud volcanoes are the little-known relatives of the  more common magmatic variety. They do erupt occasionally with  spectacular results, but are generally not considered to be dangerous –  unless you happen to be there at the wrong time: every twenty years or  so, a mud volcano explodes with great force, shooting flames hundreds of  meters into the sky, and depositing tonnes of mud on the surrounding  area. In one eruption, the flames could easily be seen from 15  kilometers away on the day of the explosion, and were still burning,  although at a lower level, three days later.
2. The Zone of Alienation – Eastern Europe
The Zone of Alienation is the 30 km/19  mi exclusion zone around the site of the Chernobyl nuclear reactor  disaster and is administrated by a special administration under the  Ukrainian Ministry of Extraordinary Situations (Emergencies). Thousands  of residents refused to be evacuated from the zone or illegally returned  there later. Over the decades this primarily elderly population has  dwindled, falling below 400 in 2009. Approximately half of these  resettlers live in the town of Chernobyl; others are spread in villages  across the zone. After recurrent attempts at expulsion, the authorities  became reconciled to their presence and even allowed limited supporting  services for them. Because of looting, there is a strong police presence  – so be warned, if you visit, you may either be shot or get radiation  poisoning – and we all know how awful that can be.
1.Ilha de Queimada Grande – Brazil
Off the shore of Brazil, almost due  south of the heart of São Paulo, is a Ilha de Queimada Grande (Snake  Island). The island is untouched by human developers, and for very good  reason. Researchers estimate that on the island live between one and  five snakes per square meter. That figure might not be so terrible if  the snakes were, say, 2 inches long and nonvenomous. The snakes on  Queimada Grande, however, are a unique species of pit viper, the golden  lancehead. The lancehead genus of snakes is responsible for 90% of  Brazilian snakebite-related fatalities. The golden lanceheads that  occupy Snake Island grow to well over half a meter long, and they  possess a powerful fast-acting poison that melts the flesh around their  bites. This place is so dangerous that a permit is required to visit.
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