세계에서 가장 멀리 떨어져 있는 섬, 화산 바로 아래 마을이...1,491 miles from the nearest continent and home to just one 300-person..(VIDEO)
1,491 miles from the nearest continent and home to just one 300-person village at the foot of an active volcano: Experience life on Tristan da Cunha, the world's most remote island
Tristan da Cunha's only settlement, Edinburgh of the Seven Seas, is built on the flat below the 6,765-foot volcano Queen Mary's Peak
영국령인 세인트 헬레나에 속해 있는 트리스탄다쿠냐섬
세인트헬레나에서 1,989km나 떨어져 있다.
남아프리카까지 2,385km
남미의 리오데 자네이로까지는 3.341km의 먼거리에 있다.
Edinburgh of the Seven Seas
트리스탄다쿠냐섬의 수도다. 하지만 300가구만 있는 작은 마을일 뿐이다,
트리스탄다쿠냐섬은 알바트로스를 비롯해서 바위뛰기 펭귄 등 수 많은 새들의
서식지로 잘 알려져 있다.
*트리스탄다쿠냐섬 Tristan da Cunha
1502년 포르투갈인이 발견했을 때는 무인도였으며, 1815년 영국군이 세인트헬레나섬에 유배중인 나폴레옹 1세를 감시하기 위해 점령하였다. 높이 2,315m의 화산이 있는데, 1961년 분화 때 전도민이 섬을 떠나 영국으로 피난하였다가 63년 귀환하기도 했다. 제2차 세계대전 중 기상관측소 ·무전기지가 설치되었다. 주민의 주생업은 농림업과 수산업이다.[네이버 지식백과]
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From Tristan da Cunha it's 1,243 miles to Saint Helena, 1,491 miles to South Africa and 2,088 miles to South America
It's only town, Edinburgh of the Seven Seas, has less than 300 residents and is known as The Settlement
Millions of native birds, including several breeds of albatross and rockhopper penguin, call the archipalego home
By MICHAEL GADD FOR MAILONLINE
Accessible only by a six-day boat journey from South Africa or as part of epic month-long cruises through the South Atlantic Ocean, Tristan da Cunha is about as far from a quick holiday destination as it gets.
The world's most remote inhabited archipelago stands 1,243 miles from Saint Helena, its closest neighbour with residents, 1,491 miles from South Africa and 2,088 miles from South America.
It's just seven miles long and 37.8 square miles in area, and has but one settlement officially known as Edinburgh of the Seven Seas, referred to by locals - less than 300 of them - as The Settlement, located at the foot of the 6,765-foot Queen Mary's Peak.
But despite its unimposing size and formidable remoteness, Tristan da Cunha has a rich history and a plethora of native wildlife that is truly unique.
The vast distances that must be travelled to get to Tristan da Cunha, which lays claim to being the most remote inhabited island in the world
It is 1,243 miles from Saint Helena, its closest neighbour with residents, 1,491 miles from South Africa and 2,088 miles from South America
Tristan da Dunha's main island, which also gives its name to the archipelago is just seven miles long and 37.8 square miles in area
Edinburgh was named after the visit of the first Duke of Edinburgh in the 1800s, but is referred to as The Settlement by its less than 300 locals
A sign shows the remarkable lengths one must go to get to Tristan, including 5,337 miles to London
Oceanwide Expeditions have four cruises that take in three-day stops at Tristan da Cunha, the name given to both the main island and the surrounding archipelago, including the uninhabited Nightingale Islands, and Inaccessible Island and the Gough Islands, which are nature reserves.
Cruises, such as those which leave from Ushuaia in Argentina's Tierra del Fuego, are the most convenient way to see the island.
One of 12 spaces can be filled on the fishing vessel MV Edinburgh and the cargo ship MV Baltic Trader.
However, non-local tourists are at the bottom of an eight-tier priority pecking order that may include those responding to medical emergencies, official visitors and locals.
The other cruise sails annually to Gough Island, run since 2012 by the South African Antarctic Research and Supply Vessel Agulhas II, and carries more than 40 passengers to and from Tristan.
The local rockhopper penguins are hugely popular with visitors and live on all four of Tristan's islands
Oceanwide Expeditions' Atlantic Odyssey tours, the shortest and cheapest being the 27-night tour from ￡3,929 (Euro 5,450), calls in on The Settlement, and aims to land on Nightingale and Inaccessible, which millions of seabirds call home.
The landings aren't guaranteed though, with 30 per cent of attempts via zodiac boat since 1998 having been unsuccessful due to bad weather. Thankfully, tours often factor in a spare day.
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