The Frontiers of Google Street View, Photo Series of Dead Ends, Borders, & More

The Ends of the Road

Kaimu-Chain of Craters Road, Hawaii. Past eruptions of the Kilauea volcano have covered the road in several places.

Alan Taylor of The Atlantic has assembled a collection of images from the frontiers of Google Street View—dead ends, borders, shorelines, and other ends of the road.

The Ends of the Road

The Southernmost point buoy in Key West, Florida.

The Ends of the Road

Nordkaphallen, a visitor center at the northernmost tip of Europe, in northern Norway.

The Ends of the Road

Canada to the left, United States to the right, on Henderson Road, British Columbia. The road turns left just ahead, the line cut through the trees at center marks the international border.

The Ends of the Road

The southernmost point in Africa, Cape Agulhas, South Africa.

The Ends of the Road

Sha Tau Kok crossing, New Territories, Hong Kong. This crossing marks the entry into the Frontier Closed Area, a tightly controlled buffer zone between Hong Kong and mainland China.

The Ends of the Road

A weathered jetty on Sand Island, Midway Islands.

The Ends of the Road

A Google Maps Street View car, photographed at the end of Navy Road, north of Inuvik, Northwest Territories, Canada

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