Tristan da Cunha Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
South Atlantic island group
About Tristan da Cunha
Tristan da Cunha is themost remote archipelago in the world, while the main island (also known as Tristan da Cunha) is themost remote inhabited islandin the world. The nearest speck of land not part of the archipelago,Saint Helena, is a whopping 2430km (1509mi) away, and it's over 2816km (1750mi) to the nearest continent, Africa. The entire population of some 270 inhabitants is concentrated on the only flat bit of this volcanic landmass, the hamlet ofEdinburgh of the Seven Season the main island, recognised by the Guinness Book of Records as themost isolated human settlement in the world. There are a few other islands in the archipelago, all uninhabited: Inaccessible Island, Nightingale Island, Middle Island and Stoltenhoff Island. Gough Island, some 300km away, hosts a weather and scienti
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