Outsiders are strictly forbidden from going to North Sentinel Island in the Indian Ocean Lesley Cosme Torres is a writer at PEOPLE covering crime. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2025.

In an astonishing new discovery, Google Earth has confirmed development on the isolated North Sentinel Island, home to one of the last uncontacted tribes in the world. Using satellite imagery from ...

Tucked away in the shimmering waters of the Bay of Bengal, North Sentinel Island stands as a tantalizing enigma—a mysterious land for the rest of the world. One may ask–how is this possible in ...

Indian authorities have arrested an American YouTuber for illegally trespassing on North Sentinel Island — one of the most isolated places on Earth. There are just a few hundred Indigenous ...

In 2018, American missionary John Allen Chau was reportedly killed by tribespeople after he arrived on North Sentinel Island, hoping to convert the local people to Christianity.Polyakov is ...

Indian police have arrested an American YouTuber, accusing him of traveling to the remote North Sentinel Island — home to one of the world’s most isolated tribes — without authorization.

Historically, not many have come back alive from their visit to the North Sentinel Island (except for a very lucky group of Indian scientists in the early 90’s. It’s a place no outsider can visit.