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Tristan da Cunha ( / ˌtrɪstən də ˈkuːn ( j) ə / ), colloquially Tristan, is a remote group of volcanic islands in the South Atlantic Ocean.
- 207 km² (80 sq mi)
- 1810
- 14 August 1816
- United Kingdom
Aug 13, 2016 · Published August 13, 2016. Updated November 9, 2023. Explore Edinburgh of the Seven Seas on the island of Tristan da Cunha — the most remote human settlement in the world. Traveling through the seemingly endless expanse that is the South Atlantic Ocean — 1,200 miles from the nearest inhabited island and 1,500 from the nearest continental ...
- John Kuroski
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.
Jul 9, 2014 · I’m on Tristan da Cunha, a British outpost in the middle of the South Atlantic Ocean, roughly halfway between Buenos Aires, Argentina, and Cape Town, South Africa. ... “People imagine us with ...
Tristan da Cunha, island and group of islands in the South Atlantic Ocean, about midway between southern Africa and South America. The island group is a constituent part of the British overseas territory of St. Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha. The six small islands of the Tristan da Cunha.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
May 15, 2024 · Tristan da Cunha: The island group consists of Tristan da Cunha, Nightingale, Inaccessible, and Gough Islands. Tristan da Cunha, named after its Portuguese discoverer (1506), was garrisoned by the British in 1816 to prevent any attempt to rescue NAPOLEON from Saint Helena. Gough and Inaccessible Islands have been designated World Heritage Sites.