Atlantic OceanSt. Helena
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Tristan da Cunha
Tristan da Cunha , colloquially known as Tristan, is a remote group of volcanic islands in the South Atlantic Ocean. It is one of three constituent parts of the British Overseas Territory of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, with its own constitution.

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Tristan da Cunha , colloquially known as Tristan, is a remote group of volcanic islands in the South Atlantic Ocean. It is one of three constituent parts of the British Overseas Territory of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, with its own constitution. The territory consists of the inhabited island Tristan da Cunha, which has a diameter of roughly 11 kilometres (6.8 mi) and an area of 98 square kilometres (38 sq mi); the wildlife reserves of Gough Island and Inaccessible Island; and the smaller, uninhabited Nightingale Islands. As of September 2026, the main island had 222 permanent inhabitants, all of whom hold British Overseas Territories citizenship. The other islands are uninhabited, except for the South African personnel at a weather station on Gough Island. The island has no airstrip; the only way to travel to or from Tristan is by ship. It is a six-day journey from Cape Town, South Africa, and some cruises depart from Ushuaia, Argentina. The island of Tristan da Cunha is considered to be the most remote inhabited place in the world.
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Census, cataloged
- Major islands3
- Minor islands3
- Islets26
- Rocks & skerries19
Major islands
Tristan Da Cunha Island
- Area
- 95.9 km²
- High point
- 2,060 m
Tristan da Cunha , colloquially known as Tristan, is a remote group of volcanic islands in the South Atlantic Ocean. It is one of three constituent parts of the British Overseas Territory of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, with its own constitution.
Gough Island
- Area
- 65.4 km²
- High point
- 910 m
Gough Island ( GOF), also known historically as Gonçalo Álvares, is a rugged volcanic island in the South Atlantic Ocean. It is a dependency of Tristan da Cunha and part of the British overseas territory of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha.
Inaccessible Island
- Area
- 14.5 km²
- High point
- 580 m
Inaccessible Island is a volcanic island located in the South Atlantic Ocean, 31 km (19 mi) south-west of Tristan da Cunha. Its highest point, Swale's Fell, reaches 581 m (1,906 ft), and the island is 12.65 km2 (4.88 sq mi) in area. The volcano was last active approximately one million years ago and is now extinct.
Minor islands

Nightingale Island
- Area
- 2.6 km²
- High point
- 313 m
Middle Island
- Area
- 0.16 km²
- High point
- 74 m
Stoltenhoff Island
- Area
- 0.13 km²
- High point
- 84 m
Islets
- Penguin Island5 m · 0.04 km²
- Unnamed island3 m · 0.03 km²
- Unnamed island0.01 km²
- Unnamed island19 m · 1 ha
- Unnamed island0.9 ha
- Lot´s Wife4 m · 0.8 ha
- Unnamed island8 m · 0.8 ha
- Unnamed island66 m · 0.5 ha
- Cone Island9 m · 0.4 ha
- Unnamed island14 m · 0.3 ha
- Unnamed island36 m · 0.3 ha
- Unnamed island0.3 ha
Rocks & skerries
- Tristiana Rock5 m · 0.02 km²
- Isolda Rock10 m · 0.02 km²
- Pin Rock43 m · 0.4 ha
- Church Rock0.3 ha
- Unnamed island<0.1 ha
- Unnamed island<0.1 ha
- Unnamed island<0.1 ha
- Unnamed island<0.1 ha
- Unnamed island<0.1 ha
- Unnamed island<0.1 ha
- Unnamed island<0.1 ha
- Unnamed island<0.1 ha
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Comparative heights
- Tristan Da Cunha: 2,060 m
- Gough: 910 m
- Inaccessible: 580 m
- Nightingale: 313 m
- Stoltenhoff: 84 m
- Middle: 74 m
- Pin Rock: 43 m
- The Hardies: 19 m
- Redrocks: 17 m
- Isolda Rock: 10 m
- Cone: 9 m
- The Hardies: 6 m
- Penguin: 5 m
- Tristiana Rock: 5 m
To the same scale
Islands by area
| Tristan Da Cunha Island | 95.9 km² |
| Gough Island | 65.4 km² |
| Inaccessible Island | 14.5 km² |
| Nightingale Island | 2.6 km² |
| Middle Island | 0.16 km² |
| Stoltenhoff Island | 0.13 km² |
| Penguin Island | 0.04 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.03 km² |
| Tristiana Rock | 0.02 km² |
| Isolda Rock | 0.02 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.01 km² |
| Unnamed island | 1 ha |
| Unnamed island | 0.9 ha |
| Lot´s Wife | 0.8 ha |
| Unnamed island | 0.8 ha |
| Unnamed island | 0.5 ha |
| Cone Island | 0.4 ha |
| Pin Rock | 0.4 ha |
| Church Rock | 0.3 ha |
| Unnamed island | 0.3 ha |
| Unnamed island | 0.3 ha |
| Unnamed island | 0.3 ha |
| Unnamed island | 0.3 ha |
| Unnamed island | 0.3 ha |
| Unnamed island | 0.2 ha |
| Unnamed island | 0.2 ha |
| Redrocks | 0.2 ha |
| Unnamed island | 0.2 ha |
| Unnamed island | 0.2 ha |
| Unnamed island | 0.2 ha |
| Unnamed island | 0.2 ha |
| Unnamed island | 0.1 ha |
| Unnamed island | 0.1 ha |
| Unnamed island | 0.1 ha |
| The Hardies | 0.1 ha |
| The Hardies | 0.1 ha |
| Unnamed island | <0.1 ha |
| Unnamed island | <0.1 ha |
| Unnamed island | <0.1 ha |
| Unnamed island | <0.1 ha |
| Unnamed island | <0.1 ha |
| Unnamed island | <0.1 ha |
| Unnamed island | <0.1 ha |
| Unnamed island | <0.1 ha |
| Unnamed island | <0.1 ha |
| Unnamed island | <0.1 ha |
| Unnamed island | <0.1 ha |
| Unnamed island | <0.1 ha |
| Unnamed island | <0.1 ha |
| Unnamed island | <0.1 ha |
| Unnamed island | <0.1 ha |
Groups within
Photographs

Tristan da Cunha in the British overseas territory of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha.

Tristan arrival 01

View of Tristan da Cunha from Nightingale island

Tristan arrival 06

Tristan departing 01
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Nightingale Bunting Nesospiza questi

RECOLNAT (ANR-11-INBS-0004) - Marie HENNION - 2014 / CC BY 4.0

Installations at Radionuclide Station RN68 Tristan de Cunha, UK

Installations at Radionuclide Station RN68 Tristan de Cunha, UK

Radionuclide Station RN68 Tristan de Cunha, UK

The main settlement on Tristan da Cunha. The remote island hosts hydroacoustic station HA09, infrasound station IS49 and radionuclide station RN68. Copyright CTBTO Preparatory Commission
Sources
Facts
Photographs
- Tristan da Cunha, British overseas territory-20March2012. Brian Gratwicke from DC, USA / CC BY 2.0
- Tristan arrival 01 (3450374920). michael clarke stuff / CC BY-SA 2.0
- View of Tristan da Cunha from Nightingale island. Brian Gratwicke / CC BY 2.0
- Tristan arrival 06 (3450375328). michael clarke stuff / CC BY-SA 2.0
- Tristan departing 01 (3449570501). michael clarke stuff / CC BY-SA 2.0
- Tristan Da Cunha (249833017). Yagerq / CC0
- Nightingale Bunting Nesospiza questi. Brian Gratwicke / CC BY 2.0
- Ophiomitrella ingrata (MNHN-IE-2013-10308) 01. RECOLNAT (ANR-11-INBS-0004) - Marie HENNION - 2014 / CC BY 4.0
- Installations at Radionuclide Station RN68 Tristan de Cunha, UK (13304827985). The Official CTBTO Photostream / CC BY 2.0
- Installations at Radionuclide Station RN68 Tristan de Cunha, UK (13304830885). The Official CTBTO Photostream / CC BY 2.0
- Radionuclide Station RN68 Tristan de Cunha, UK (13304826545). The Official CTBTO Photostream / CC BY 2.0
- The Main Settlement on Tristan da Cunha - Flickr - The Official CTBTO Photostream. The Official CTBTO Photostream / CC BY 2.0