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Jul 9, 2014 · Tristan da Cunha -- National Geographic Traveler. A Tristanian and his dog survey the vast South Atlantic Ocean from an island bluff. Photograph by Andy Isaacson. TRAVEL. Tristan da...
Tristan da Cunha is part of the British overseas territory of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha [1] and has a history going back to the beginning of the 16th century. It was settled by men from military garrisons and ships, who married native women from Saint Helena and the Cape Colony.
July 01, 2017. Read. Get updates about our critical work to explore and protect our planet. Tristan da Cunha, the most remote inhabited island in the world, is over 2,700 kilometers from South Africa and 3,700 kilometers from the nearest shores of South America.
May 20, 2020 · This week, Andy Isaacson shares a collection of photographs from the remote island of Tristan da Cunha. The six-by-six-mile volcanic island of Tristan da Cunha (the main island of an...
Tristan da Cunha refers both to an archipelago of fairly small islands in the middle of the South Atlantic Ocean and to the only inhabited island of the group. It is part of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha —a territory of the United Kingdom —together with Saint Helena and Ascension, which lie over 2,000 km to the north.
Tristan da Cunha is the most remote archipelago (group of islands) and the most remote inhabited archipelago in the world; it is at 2,816 km (1,750 mi) from the nearest land, South Africa, and 3,360 km (2,088 mi) from South America. [3]
Tristan da Cunha is a group of volcanic islands in the South Atlantic Ocean. The Tristan archipelago is located 2,800km (1,750 miles) from South Africa. The island is circular in shape with an average diameter of 12km (7.5 miles) and an area of 98km2 (38 square miles).
