15 Mail Boxes in Far-Out Places
Daniel Bonfiglio
Published
07/22/2024
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No matter where in the world you live, you need mail.
But for some of the world's most remote livers, that reality can be a little more challenging. These mailboxes and post offices serve some of the most far-out places around the globe. But whether or not you live in San Fransisco or Antarctica, the mail stops for nothing.
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The End of the World Post Office is the southernmost post office in the Americas, at the tip of Argentina on the Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego. -
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The sole post office on the sub-Antarctic island of South Georgia. -
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Mailbox peak. The mailbox is the prime attraction on an 11.4-mile hike. Seattle postal carrier Carl Heine lugged the original mailbox to the top in 1960 as a makeshift registry. -
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Four women were hired in 2022 to run the world's most remote post office. Antarctica’s Port Lockroy museum, gift shop, post office, and research station. -
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Ascension Island is a tiny volcanic island in the middle of the Southern Atlantic Ocean. This is its post office, which issues its own stamps. -
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A cloud covered Fuji behind a Fuji-peach mailbox. -
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The Pacific Island nation of Vanuatu hosts the world’s only underwater mailbox, where tourists can send special waterproof postcards. -
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The world's highest post office located at Mount Everest's base camp on the Tibetan side. -
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Remote Mailbox in Scotland. -
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The Summer Isles post office on the island of Tanera Mòr in northwest Scotland requires a special mail boat to deliver messages, and an extra stamp for every piece. -
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Finland’s Santa Claus' official post office is the closest the real world gets to the fictional North Pole workshop. -
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Post Office Bay on Floreana Island in the Galapagos hosts a hand delivery system, in which visitors pick which letters they want to bring back and send themselves. -
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The Ilulissat Greenland post office can see regular temps of minus 20 degrees. -
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