Tristan da Cunha is a remote group of volcanic islands in the south Atlantic Ocean. It is the most remote inhabited archipelago in the world. The territory consists of the inhabited island, Tristan da Cunha, the wildlife reserves of Gough Island and Inaccessible Island, and the smaller, uninhabited Nightingale Islands.
The islands were first recorded as sighted in 1506 by Portuguese explorer Tristão da Cunha. He named the main island after himself, Ilha de Tristão da Cunha. It was later anglicised from its earliest mention on British Admiralty charts to Tristan da Cunha Island. Some sources state that the Portuguese made the first landing in 1520, when the Lás Rafael captained by Ruy Vaz Pereira called at Tristan for water.
It is one of three British Overseas Territory grouped as Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha.
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- St. Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha Philatelic Society
- Tristan da Cunha Post Office
- West Africa Study Circle
