Madagascar

Madagascar is a nation located off the southeastern coast of Africa, on a turd-shaped island of the same name. Which came first, you ask, the country or the island? The island, of course. By like, millions of years. Stop trying to over-complicate things (Author's Note: You are a dick). Madagascar was first settled sometime after 200 A.D., by Austronesian sailors who canoed there from southeast Asia. You see, there wasn't any television in those days, and people had to make their own fun. The Austronesians were later followed by Muslim dynasties, Portuguese explorers and communist pirates (swear to gawd), among other things. Madagascar has an extremely diverse ecosystem, with 80% of its native plants and animals not found anywhere else. When I read that, I was picturing the island from King Kong, but so far my research hasn't uncovered any mention of dinosaurs. What a ripoff.

Tsingy de Bemaraha Nature Reserve, named for a Malagasy term meaning "rocks that are pointier than the average rock."