Islands of Tristan da Cunha ... Wikipedia
Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha ... Wikipedia
Tristan da Cunha: The Tristan da Cunha (islands) archipelago in the South Atlantic Ocean. Cunha, Tristan and the famous Portuguese navigator ... Wikipedia
- (Tristan da Cunha) a group of 4 volcanic islands in the South Atlantic approx. UK ownership. The area itself large island 117 km & sup2. The population of St. 300 people (1988). The main town of Edinburgh. Fishing, hunting ... ... Big Encyclopedic Dictionary
- (Tristan da Cunha) about in the south. parts of the Atlantic Ocean, owned by Great Britain. Before issue. own brands in 1952 used. stamps of the islands of St. Helena and the Ascension, as well as South American and Great Britain. A series prepared in 1946 by the local authorities ... ... Big philatelic dictionary
- (Tristan da Cunha), a group of 4 volcanic islands in the South Atlantic Ocean. UK ownership. The area of \u200b\u200bthe largest island is 117 km2. population over 300 people (1988). Main locality Edinburgh. Fishing, ... ... encyclopedic Dictionary
Tristan da Cunha - (Tristan da Cunha), a group of 4 volcanic islands, in the South Atlantic Ocean (37 ° 06 "S and 12 ° 01" W). Administratively (since 1938) as part of British possession. The area is 209 km2 (including the largest and most inhabited ... ... Encyclopedic reference book "Africa"
- (Tristan da Cunha, by name portuguese navigator Tristão da Cunha, who discovered these islands) is a group of 4 volcanic islands in the South Atlantic Ocean (37 ° 06 S and 12 ° 01 W). Belongs to Great Britain. Area… … Great Soviet Encyclopedia
- (Tristan da Cunha) an island in the South Atlantic Ocean, owned by the British. 37 ° 6 S latitude, 12 ° 2 W The shape of the island is round, the surface is 116 sq. km, 61,000 inhabitants. Consists of one cone-shaped mountain 2300 or 2540 m in height, steep ... Encyclopedic Dictionary of F.A. Brockhaus and I.A. Efron
Tristan da Cunha Islands Saint Helena Great Britain ... Wikipedia
Books
- Winter is over. Stories, Andrey Kalinin. A book for those who are looking for their own way and believe that any winter ends sooner or later. 14 stories about a wide variety of people: from the first number on the Forbes list to a young resident of the island ...
Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha ... Wikipedia
This term has other meanings, see Tristan da Cunha. Islands of Tristan da Cunha ... Wikipedia
- (Tristan da Cunha) about in the south. parts of the Atlantic Ocean, owned by Great Britain. Before issue. own brands in 1952 used. stamps of the islands of St. Helena and the Ascension, as well as South American and Great Britain. A series prepared in 1946 by the local authorities ... ... Big philatelic dictionary
Tristan da Cunha: The Tristan da Cunha (islands) archipelago in the South Atlantic Ocean. Cunha, Tristan and the famous Portuguese navigator ... Wikipedia
- (Tristan da Cunha) a group of 4 volcanic islands in the South Atlantic approx. UK ownership. The area of \u200b\u200bthe largest island is 117 km & sup2. The population of St. 300 people (1988). The main town of Edinburgh. Fishing, hunting ... ... Big Encyclopedic Dictionary
- (Tristan da Cunha), a group of 4 volcanic islands in the South Atlantic Ocean. UK ownership. The area of \u200b\u200bthe largest island is 117 km2. population over 300 people (1988). The main settlement is Edinburgh. Fishing, ... ... encyclopedic Dictionary
Tristan da Cunha - (Tristan da Cunha), a group of 4 volcanic islands, in the South Atlantic Ocean (37 ° 06 "S and 12 ° 01" W). Administratively (since 1938) as part of British possession. The area is 209 km2 (including the largest and most inhabited ... ... Encyclopedic reference book "Africa"
- (Tristan da Cunha, after the Portuguese navigator Tristão da Cunha, who discovered these islands) a group of 4 volcanic islands in the South Atlantic Ocean (37 ° 06 S and 12 ° 01 W). Belongs to Great Britain. Area… … Great Soviet Encyclopedia
- (Tristan da Cunha) an island in the South Atlantic Ocean, owned by the British. 37 ° 6 S latitude, 12 ° 2 W The shape of the island is round, the surface is 116 sq. km, 61,000 inhabitants. Consists of one cone-shaped mountain 2300 or 2540 m in height, steep ... Encyclopedic Dictionary of F.A. Brockhaus and I.A. Efron
Islands Tristan da Cunha Flag of the islands Coat of arms of the islands ... Wikipedia
Books
- Winter is over. Stories, Andrey Kalinin. A book for those who are looking for their own way and believe that any winter ends sooner or later. 14 stories about a wide variety of people: from the first number on the Forbes list to a young resident of the island ...
Tourists are attracted here by natural conditions and numerous endemic plants. Tristan da Cunha is represented by an archipelago of islands located in the south of the Atlantic Ocean. It is unique and famous for being considered the most remote place in the world. The main islands of the archipelago are Tristan da Cunha Island, the Inaccessible, Nightingale and Gough. Each of them has its own peculiarity. Gough is famous for its meteorological station. A protected area has been created on the Inaccessible Island, and therefore access to it is closed. The main island alone has a population of 300.
Tristan da Cunha has the richest history... It got its name from the sailor Tristan Cunha, who was considered a pioneer. According to reports, in 1506 he found the island, but was never able to land there. Gough Island was discovered by Charles Gough. In 1767 French sailors decide to land on the island. For a long time, the islands were considered the main economic and political positions. During long sea voyages, they were used as a stopover or refuge. Since 1800, the first guests have been scientists from many countries who have come to the archipelago for research.
In 1815 the archipelago was annexed to Great Britain. At first, the main inhabitants were the military, then civilians joined them.
The island of Tristan da Cunha is of volcanic origin and appeared more than a million years ago. Queen Mary Peak is 2055 meters high and is the highest point in the entire archipelago. Since its inception, the volcano has erupted only a few times.
The first eruption happened in 1906. It destroyed all livestock and fields with potatoes and vegetables.
The next eruption is dated in 1961. It did great harm to the fish processing factory. The population was temporarily relocated to Great Britain.
The island has a mountainous structure and a coastline covered with pebbles and boulders. Tristan da Cunha has a lot of ravines, called "gorges" by the locals. Only the north of the island is suitable for human life. There is the capital of the island - the city of Edinburgh. It's a small town that doesn't even have an airport. You can only get there by ship.
Tristan da Cunha is famous for its natural landscapes. The surprising fact is that petrels throughout the Atlantic Ocean can only breed here. Inhabited almost all the time in flight over the Atlantic, they arrive on the island only during the breeding season. At the end of May, birds lay eggs in crevices and incubate it for about 53 days. After hatching, the chick remains in the nest for another three months. Petrels produce only one clutch per year. Birds naturally feed on fish.
Of the mammals, the seal became the only representative. There are no more mammals and reptiles there. The island is rich in endemic flora and fauna that live only in the archipelago.
Gough Islands, Inaccessible and Nightingale recognized protected areas and national parks... Access there is only open for excursions. The country's economy is based only on agriculture. Due to the proximity of the Atlantic Ocean, fishing is very developed. On the island, the inhabitants grow vegetables, fruits, keep pets. Even with a huge distance from the nearest "civilization", the island has all the necessary infrastructure. There is a hospital, a school, a church even night club and your own radio station
» Tristan da Cunha island, Edinburgh city of the seven seas
There you are iconic a view of Tristan da Cunha, the 'most remote inhabited island in the world' with a characteristic volcano cone, cloud and albatross in the foreground - as it is depicted in illustrations for Jules Verne books and T-shirts 'I've been to Tristan da Cunha and all I' ve got was this lousy t-shirt "(only the bird needs to be made more)
Of course, Tristan da Cunha is only the second farthest from other human habitation after, but the absence of an airport completely changes the balance: the fastest way to get there is by ships, which happens every 2 months
Any post about Tristan da Cunha should contain a piece of the South Atlantic map with infographics with distances to and - to show what it is. distant, distant island: 
The capital of Edinburgh of the Seven Seas is the first and only city on the island, 260 people, about 100 houses. Top right - Queen Mary Peak, highest mountain throughout the South Atlantic. A small, not yet overgrown hill to the left of the city is their home volcano, which tried to destroy the city in 1961, but destroyed only a bay with a port suitable for ocean-going ships. Since then, the landing at Tristan da Cunha represents big Adventure: no ship larger than a launch or a small yacht will fit into the new port 
Should an ocean ship stop at the roadstead, it is attacked by the zodiacs of the islanders. Today is a very, very good day, so the ship lowered the ramp
Shakes waves, and at the highest point the ladder hangs 2-3 meters above the water, and at the bottom - it sinks under the water, but it is easy to disembark from it: 2 sailors RMS gently grab the pensioner under the armpits, wait for the calm and quietly dump him to two Tristan boatmen in the zodiac
They say that it is worse to get into the boat with the help of a rope ladder and climbing insurance, and another 30% of passenger ships (of those with a schedule, and after Tristan must go somewhere further) will stand by Tristan for a couple of days and go further: the weather does not allow drop passengers at all 
Suitcases are passed between the ship and the zodiacs, one at a time on ropes 
Calshot harbor
Great Britain annexed Tristan da Cunha to its own (right there, in the South Atlantic, about 3200 kilometers), but direct sea communication between the islands is rare and the governor of Saint Helena appears on the island every 3-5 years. This is just our case: the governor is with us on RMS and therefore, the list of passengers contains not only the usual titles of booking systems - MR, MRS, DOC - but also GOV. Cellular no, not even Digicel 
Edinburgh of the seven seas
Edinburgh of the Seven Seas on the left, the 1961 volcano on the right: 
Edinburgh of the Seven Seas: 
Recognizable central square with a billboard and a pointer replicated on a million photos, they spoiled with an electric cabinet - they build street lighting in the city and they don't mind anything, nothing 
All other human cities will be north of Edinburgh, but signs point east - blown away by prevailing wind 
Edinburgh lives in a constant strong mournful wind from west to east, or vice versa - Muscovites would have been blown off their feet long ago, but here everyone somehow adapted. As barriers from the wind are grown new Zealand linen - grass at 3 human heights. A plant that is considered an aggressive weed in a neighboring one finally benefits 
Dry laundry on a sunny wall that protects from the wind 
If you remove the body from a pickup truck, it will turn into a greenhouse with giant plants (because it is warm, there is no wind and the sheep cannot eat this grass) 
City water supply with New Zealand flax wind barriers in the background: 
For a garage, the main thing is to protect from the wind, and not from precipitation: 
Snow in this city, despite the harsh view environment, does not happen: the record for the lowest temperature is + 5 ° C (higher than on the much more northern and more tropical). But here's another thing: 37 parallel south latitude (see Children of Captain Grant) Tristan da Cunha corresponds to the latitude of Sicily. A person here burns in an hour in summer, but the plants and climate, due to the cooling effect of the roaring forties, are similar to the Kolyma or Karelian summer
The flag was raised over the residence of the Governor of Saint Helena (for the first time in 3 years, for 2 days) - because the governor came with us to RMS 
Urbanists work on Edinburgh - a large-scale lantern installation program is being implemented in the city 
In a couple of months it will be cool, but for now, after sunset, not a damn thing is visible in the city and tourists walk around highlighting the paths with smartphones unusable for anything else 
It gets dark 
Lobsters
The island economy works in much the same way: government jobs and small income from hardcore tourists. But Tristan was lucky: there are lobsters here and Japanese aliens are ready to pay dearly for them - it pays for production and expensive logistics. Every day, when the weather permits (~ 70 days a year), they go out to sea, catch lobsters and process them at a lobster factory 
It is not possible to gut the entire catch in real time, so the difference is kept alive in an aquarium workshop similar to the Matrix 
Lobster boats in the port: between the exits they are necessarily pulled ashore: the wind is unpredictable and strong, can break 
Local lobsters only eat their tails: to satisfy special needs aliens, the tails are packed either in rings (in the picture) or flattened, all this is bought and consumed somehow strongly in different ways 
Packing tails in plastic bags 
Sorted by weight 
Aliens love a beautiful presentation of food, so antennae and inedible shells are piled up and placed in boxes so that the chef can decorate the dish
The island of Tristan da Cunha, the transition from South Georgia to which takes three days, is one of the most remote inhabited places on the planet from civilization. And, perhaps, the most inaccessible: communication with the mainland is carried out once every one or two months by flights of fishing and research vessels from Cape Town. The island is part of the archipelago of the same name, which is part of the British Overseas Territory.
Some of the islands of the archipelago, including the main one, were discovered in 1506 by the Portuguese Tristan da Cunha, but the first landing of a man on the islands occurred two and a half centuries later.
In 1810, the British military boat RMS Baltic landed three people on the island, who became its first permanent residents. In 1812, Great Britain declared the archipelago its territory.
Only the most inhabited big Island archipelago, Tristan da Cunha. It is home to the only city of Edinburgh, the Seven Seas, which currently has 267 residents. Only ten surnames are used on the island.
In this interesting place we're heading. I must say that the remoteness of Tristan has always attracted travelers, but not everyone managed to land on the island. The reason is simple: even with relatively little waves, landing is not possible here. The only island port is very small and poorly protected from waves. In almost half of the cases, the already rare cruise ships that come here two or three times a year, having stood in the roads for a couple of days, go further: the weather does not allow passengers to disembark.
Will we get lucky?
Tristan da Cunha island
Cloudy morning. We are approaching the main island of the archipelago. Here he is, the desired and unattainable Tristan. The characteristic volcanic cone is half obscured by fog.
Well, will you welcome travelers today?
Edinburgh of the Seven Seas is located on one of the few plains of this volcanic island. Members of the expeditionary team on two Zodiacs set off for reconnaissance ...
… And come back with good news: we are landing on Tristan!
We sit down in the Zodiacs and go ashore. Even with the slight excitement present this morning, disembarkation from the swaying boats to the quay wall is difficult and proceeds very slowly.
First steps around the island. With a feeling of some unreality of what is happening, I go up the road leading from the port to the city. I am experiencing a sensation of acute novelty, already forgotten over many travels. Is this Tristan da Cunha? Am I here?
And here is the city, Edinburgh of the Seven Seas.
The inhabitants of Tristan are mainly engaged in fishing and agriculture. For our arrival, local kids prepared their drawings and sandwiches with fresh fish for sale.
Now I have a piece of Tristan:
Many buildings are abundantly lined with plants, whose task is to reduce the impact of constant strong winds. It is mainly New Zealand flax, which is considered a weed elsewhere. And sometimes you can see an almost English garden here (after all, we are on British soil).
Edinburgh has all the infrastructure necessary for life: a school, a hospital, a shop, a water supply, two churches and even a swimming pool. There is also a post office, where we will look later. And now we will go out of town. Like many city dwellers of the "mainland", the Tristans have suburban areas where they grow potatoes.
Some of the guests go out of town on the only island bus, taken on the occasion of our arrival from the regular route "city - dacha".
The rest are disassembled by local residents in their SUVs, placing not only in the cabins, but also in the bodies. Ride in the back has its advantage in the form of good all-round visibility.
The road runs along the coast and over the hills.
There are few plains on the island; the largest is occupied by the Edinburgh of the Seven Seas, and the second largest is just summer cottages... Here cows graze and potatoes are grown. The townspeople go here to relax in nature.
We return to the city. The center of Tristan's social life is the post office, which also houses a café, a small museum and a gift shop.
As usual, there are many people in such places (and I am one of them) to send postcards with rare stamps and envelopes to home and friends.
It is most convenient to sign addresses while sitting with a cup of coffee, because, as I mentioned, there is a cafe in the post office building. By the way, it also sells local beer, although it tastes a little different from beer.
So many people wanting to send letters to mainland, comes here only a couple of times a year. But the wonderful postal workers did an excellent job.
The people of Tristan are welcoming, as if a little shy, and love their island. Even those who leave for university education in the UK often return home afterwards.
In the history of the island, there was a case when the entire population had to be evacuated due to a volcanic eruption. This happened in 1961, when the Tristans were taken out first to South Africa, then to Great Britain.
There, stories sometimes happened to the islanders explaining why they felt uncomfortable on the "mainland". One example: a woman bought groceries at a store and waited for a bus. But then I decided to have coffee, and, leaving a full bag at the bus stop, went to a cafe. Returning and not finding the bag, the woman could not understand for a long time where she could go. After all, taking someone else's for an islander is unthinkable.
Despite good accommodation and offers to stay, almost all of the evacuees returned to Tristan as soon as the threat was over. This happened only two years after the evacuation. Upon returning, the islanders found their city unharmed. But the eruption did not spare the fish factory and the local port, burying them under the lava flows.
That is why now a small and inconvenient harbor is used to get to the island - the old one no longer exists. Small fishing boats from time to time go out to sea.
Time to get back on board. Landing in the Zodiacs is delayed due to excitement. A local fisherman happily demonstrates freshly caught lobsters to those waiting in line.
We come back. The wind is getting stronger. The motor ship sways noticeably on the wave. Transfer from Zodiacs to board turns into a wet extreme adventure. But moments like this are part of almost any expedition cruise.
We were lucky. Had we arrived at Tristan a few hours later, landing would have been impossible.
Tristan da Cunha remains astern. We are heading for the uninhabited island of Nightingale, which is in sight, where, if we are lucky, we can also land ashore.
Nightingale Island (Nightingale Island)
The island is home to rare crested penguins and yellow-nosed albatrosses.
We disembark and go in small groups to the habitat of crested penguins.
Nightingale Island, or Nightingale Island, is an even less visited place than Tristan da Cunha. This is not surprising: in addition to remoteness, lack of transport and civilization, there is one more thing: moving around the island requires some physical training. Our path through the island turned out to be continuous rough terrain with steep ascents and descents.
In some places it was impossible to climb without a rope fixed at the top.
Along the way, you need to look under your feet and not step on the albatross chicks, which sometimes find themselves in the way.
Here is a colony of crested penguins. They are small in size and live on rocks. Because of the bright yellow feathers on their heads, they are also called rocky golden-haired penguins.
And this is another local rarity - the Tristan thrush:
While we were on the island, a wave roamed. But it’s one thing to cancel a landing, but how do you cancel a return on board? By the way, such a case happened with one of the ships of the Holland America Line, when, due to the strong excitement, about a thousand tourists stayed overnight on the shore at Port Stanley in the Falkland Islands. The Falkland people still remember this case: some of the tourists were then taken to their homes by local residents, and some went to spend the night at the local school gym.
But Nightingale has no schools or local residents, and you can spend the night here only under open air... So we get back on board.
To transfer tourists, the Zodiac approaches the landing site at the side of the ship. Let me illustrate what the danger of people transferring from a boat to this site is during the excitement. So, the Zodiac carefully approached the site, people are ready to go to it ...
In a split second, the Zodiac, having fallen into the hollow of the wave, finds itself in this position:
Now how does it look from the Zodiac. They seem to have pulled up to the site, you can land ...
... and bam - the Zodiac with people in an instant is one meter lower.
After several attempts to start the landing, our Zodiac, having fallen through once again, carried a crew member from the platform into the water. He was quickly pulled out, but attempts to land on this were stopped.
We drift together with other Zodiacs next to the ship and wait for a "window" in the weather.
It was almost dark when we got on board.
We return to Tristan. While the paperwork and the disembarkation of the representatives of the island administration, who accompanied us to Nightingale, are going on, we stand in the roadstead. Around the silence, in the distance the lights of the night Edinburgh of the Seven Seas. And you even begin to get used to the fact that the inaccessible Tristan is not at all inaccessible, but he is nearby and shines for you with his lights, as, for example, evening Yaroslavl could shine for the passengers of the Volga motor ship.
Gough Island
In the early morning, we weaner and head south towards Gough Island. This island is officially uninhabited, but there is a small South African weather station. Gof is home to the largest seabird colonies in the area, including the rare Tristan albatross.
The problem of the island is mice, once brought here by sailors. They cause great harm to the albatross population. The mice eat the albatross chicks alive, gradually pulling out pieces of meat from them over the course of two to three days. Now a deratization program is being launched on Gof, under which all mice will be destroyed on the island (after all, if at least a few individuals survive, they will be able to quickly reproduce the population). Biologists have already successfully carried out similar programs on other islands of the Atlantic and Pacific Ocean.
The trek to Gough takes ten hours. The sea is very rough; waves flood the windows of the observation salon on the upper (seventh) deck. The chances of landing on Gof are scanty.
Finally, out of the veil of bad weather, an island appeared ...
We are approaching it ... No, landing in such conditions is unthinkable. And even to come closer to see the birds will not work. But we saw Gough!
We leave back towards Tristan.
Island Inaccessible
In the early morning we are already at the Inaccessible Island. This is Tristan's closest neighbor. The Inaccessible got its name because of the difficulty of getting on it: the island is surrounded by rocks on all sides. Seals and various rare birds such as the Tristan shepherd live here.
The weather in these parts changes instantly. It seems that the island has just been covered with fog, and after half an hour the bright sun is shining.
The sea has calmed down, and I can't even believe that there was a storm here yesterday.
After going around the Inaccessible, we are heading to Tristan, who is in sight. Now the plan is this: since it did not work out with the landing on Gof, we will try to land on Tristan a second time. Sounds interesting. By the way, did anyone do this (two landings on Tristan) before us?
Tristan da Cunha island
Tristan, as usual, is surrounded by clouds of fog. Now it is not the presence of Tristan in almost constant visibility that is surprising, but the fact that I am used to it.
We embark on the roadstead opposite Edinburgh Seven Seas and wait for the wind to subside. In the meantime, we observe how the waves break on the breakwaters at the entrance to the port. Landing on the shore under such conditions is impossible.
The weather did not improve. Well, it won't be possible to land on Tristan this time, but it's also a sin to complain, because the day before yesterday we spent several wonderful hours on the island.
We go to the ocean. Five ahead " sea \u200b\u200bdays”And the final point of our trip is Cape Town.
For anyone else, but for me, days at sea are never monotonous. Time passes in conversations, reflections, and just admiring the ocean, which is constantly changing.
It's not dawn yet, but we are already approaching the capital South Africa... The ocean crossing is successfully completed. We visited, in and on the islands of the Tristan da Cunha archipelago. It is rightly said about such travels that they happen once in a lifetime.
The story about Cape Town and its environs does not fit the topic of this story, but who cares - ten years ago I went from this city to St. Helena, and made about Cape Town small photo report.
I want to thank everyone who has read all three parts of my story about the South Atlantic crossing. For me it was a very interesting, one might even say, epic journey. Which I wish everyone!
