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    United Kingdom and St. Helena

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    Nightingale Islands

    Part of Tristan da Cunha

    The Nightingale Islands are a group of three islands in the South Atlantic Ocean, part of the Tristan da Cunha territory. They consist of Nightingale Island, Middle Island and Stoltenhoff Island.

    NASA Terra ASTER image of Nightingale Island (with smaller Middle and Stoltenhoff Island), Tristan da Cunha, South Atlantic Ocean
    NASA Terra ASTER image of Nightingale Island (with smaller Middle and Stoltenhoff Island), Tristan da Cunha, South Atlantic Ocean

    NASA ASTER volcano archive jpl / Public domain

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    2 landforms

    Overview

    The Nightingale Islands are a group of three islands in the South Atlantic Ocean, part of the Tristan da Cunha territory. They consist of Nightingale Island, Middle Island and Stoltenhoff Island. The islands are administered by the United Kingdom as part of the overseas territory of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha. The Nightingale Islands are uninhabited. Nightingale Island is the smallest of the four main islands of the Tristan da Cunha Group, measuring only 4 square kilometres (1.5 sq mi), and lies 30 kilometres (18.6 mi) away from Tristan and 22 kilometres (13.7 mi) from Inaccessible. Stoltenhoff and Middle (also known as Alex Island), are really two large islets rather than conventional islands.

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    Census, cataloged

    • Major islands2
    • Minor islands0
    • Islets0
    • Rocks & skerries0

    Major islands

    2

    • Middle Island

      Area
      0.16 km²
      High point
      74 m

      Middle Island is a small, uninhabited island in the South Atlantic Ocean, part of the Nightingale Islands. It is governed as part of Tristan da Cunha, an archipelago that is part of the British overseas territory of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha.

    • Stoltenhoff Island

      Area
      0.13 km²
      High point
      84 m

      Stoltenhoff Island is a small uninhabited island in the South Atlantic Ocean, part of the Nightingale Islands. It is the smallest of the Nightingale Islands, and is to the northwest of Nightingale Island itself.

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    Comparative heights

    Sea level50 m100 m84 mStoltenhoff74 mMiddle
    High points by island, metres above sea level.

    Islands by area

    Sources

    Facts

    • Geometry, areas and high points: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), Copernicus GLO-30, via Talus.
    • Wikidata
    • Wikipedia

    Photographs