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Monday 4 December 2017

Postcard from Tristan da Cunha (Открытка из Тристан-да-Куньи)


Postcard from Tristan da Cunha


Stamps from Tristan da Cunha


Wondefrul incoming multi-view postcard from Tristan da Cunha!
 
       Tristan da Cunha colloquially Tristan, is both a remote group of volcanic islands in the south Atlantic Ocean and the main island of that group. It is the most remote inhabited archipelago in the world, 2,000 kilometres  from the nearest inhabited land, Saint Helena, and 2,400 kilometres from the nearest continental land, South Africa. It is 3,360 kilometres  from South America. The territory consists of the main island, Tristan da Cunha, which has a north–south length of 11.27 kilometres  and an area of 98 square kilometres, and the smaller, uninhabited Nightingale Islands and the wildlife reserves of Inaccessible and Gough islands. As of January 2017, the main island has 262 permanent inhabitants. The other islands are uninhabited, except for the personnel of a weather station on Gough Island.
       Tristan da Cunha is part of the British overseas territory of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha. This includes Saint Helena and near-equatorial Ascension Island, some 3,730 kilometres to the north of Tristan.
       Tristan da Cunha recorded a population of 293 in the March 2016 census. The only settlement is Edinburgh of the Seven Seas (known locally as "The Settlement").

Thank a lot for Tristan da Cunha post, Kellt!
 

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