# Any unexplored areas left on earth? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [August 12, 2011, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-unexplored-areas-left-on-earth/592490 "2011-08-12T19:01:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2014, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-unexplored-areas-left-on-earth/592490/61 "2014-05-13T12:24:17Z")
> [@jk1245](#): > > If you believe Wikipedia, the Brazilian state of [Amapá](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amap%C3%A1)has unexplored forest as 70% of its total area. I would bet there are lots of similar areas in neighboring Suriname and French Guyana. Three years later and it’s on [Google Street View](http://goo.gl/maps/yTTvx) 🙂 (Yeah, I know, lots of it is still virgin forest.) ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2014, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-unexplored-areas-left-on-earth/592490/62 "2014-05-13T13:37:21Z")
> [@Absolute](#): > > The terrain under the Antarctic ice cap (in fact, most of the ice cap itself) certainly qualifies. We have a vague idea of the largest terrain features - mountains, etc. - but given that it’s all under 2 miles of ice, there could be an entire ancient civilization under there and we wouldn’t know it. > > Edit: Not human civilization, I grant you… Tekeli Li! ---
**Author:** ![protoboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/fbc32d/32.png) [@protoboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/protoboard)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2014, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-unexplored-areas-left-on-earth/592490/63 "2014-05-21T19:17:08Z")
I wonder if there are even unexplored areas of the lower 48 … such as in northern Idaho. ---
**Author:** ![russian\_heel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f05b48/32.png) [@russian\_heel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/russian_heel)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2015, 9:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-unexplored-areas-left-on-earth/592490/64 "2015-09-05T09:09:27Z")
To me, “unexplored” means not seen by someone with boots on ground or on wheels. I do agree its unlikely we are going to find any more mappable rivers, mountains or rock formations in Australia, however, surely the amount of “unexplored” Australian territory is, by my definition, at least total the size of one American state, maybe if its not Texas. This is country the size of the United States that is mostly savannah or desert with the same population of the United States in 1849. I get we have planes, trains, SUVs, but I think a lot of people underestimate the vastness and remoteness of most of this country. If you were to superimpose a road map of the continental United States over that of equally sized Australia, you’d call the doctor because the US map would look like it was dying of a most severe case of varicose veins. ---
**Author:** ![bob\_2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bob_2/32/3341_2.png) [@bob\_2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bob_2)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2015, 9:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-unexplored-areas-left-on-earth/592490/65 "2015-09-05T09:27:12Z")
From the ‘inaccessible’ Andros Island website: > [@](#): > > Known as the “Big Yard,” the central portion of Northern Andros is largely a dense forest of mahogany and pine where more than 50 varieties of orchids bloom. Southern Andros boasts a 40-square-mile forest and mangrove swamp. Any hotel can arrange a local guide to give a tour. ---
**Author:** ![chuangt2u](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c67d28/32.png) [@chuangt2u](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chuangt2u)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2015, 11:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-unexplored-areas-left-on-earth/592490/66 "2015-09-06T11:06:50Z")
> [@Colophon](#): > > Three years later and it’s on [Google Street View](http://goo.gl/maps/yTTvx) 🙂 > > (Yeah, I know, lots of it is still virgin forest.) Like [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-unexplored-areas-left-on-earth/592490.md?page=3)