What on earth has yet to be explored?

Question

To be clear, yes, we can see everything from Google Earth or other satellite imagery, but that doesn't mean we can explore it. GE can't see into forests, canyons and caves.

Has every mountain been scaled? Has every ocean depth been mapped? Has every jungle been navigated?

Basically, the question is, is there any part of our planet left to explore? To put your foot on a rock and shove a flag in the ground and name it whatever you please. What are the main areas left for exploration that someone might want to try and do. Clearly not every square foot of the Sahara has been navigated, but that's a bit harder than say, a North American forest.

Answer 1

The ocean floor.

Any other unexplored spots pale in comparison with about 75% of the planet's surface covered by oceans, of which hardly anything deeper than 100m has been meaningfully explored. There are literally millions of square kilometers about which we know nothing except a very coarse-grained depth profile. There could be a hundred sunken Atlantises and thousands of bizarre bottom-dwelling species nobody has ever seen.

Answer 2

Maybe the next Movile cave, which has been separated from the rest of the world for millions years, until 1986?

Or some remote mountains on the south of Chile: Access is difficult and weather is not friendly. I would not be surprised if some have not been climbed yet.

Answer 3

For the mountain has not been explored yet :

Gamburtsev

The Gamburtsev Mountain Range (also known as the Gamburtsev Subglacial Mountains) is a subglacial mountain range located in Eastern Antarctica, near Dome A.The range was discovered by the 3rd Soviet Antarctic.

It is approximately 1,200 kilometres (750 mi) long, and the mountains are believed to be about 2,700 metres (8,900 ft) high, although they are completely covered by over 600 metres (2,000 ft) of ice and snow. The Gamburtsev Mountain Range is currently believed to be about the same size as the European Alps.

Answer 4

Apparently some of the Venezuelan Tepui remain unexplored. Many of them are part of a national park however, and you might need permits to vist (and you couldn't leave a flag there!)

Answer 5

Many Parts of New Guinea have not been reached yet because of extensive forestation:

The uncontacted tribes in the Brazilian Amazon are fascinating! Here is a link to a video clip of a flyover, where you can peek into the lives people who have never been contacted before!

Answer 6

I would be very surprised if the majority of either Antarctica or Greenland has ever been touched by a human on the ground. On the other hand, there's effectively nothing to see in such locations, either.