Wild Life of 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, 2,400 kilometers (1,500 mi) from the nearest inhabited land, Saint Helena, and 2,400 kilometers (1,500 mi) from the nearest continental land, South Africa. It is 3,360 kilometers (2,090 mi) from South America. The territory consists of the main island, Tristan da Cunha, which has a north–south length of 11.27 kilometers (7.00 mi) and an area of 98 square kilometers (38 sq. mi), 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 kilometers (2,318 mi) to the north of Tristan. Saint Helena, Ascension Island and Tristan da Cunha as well the other uninhabited islands nearby are a heaven for wildlife in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. The islands are or were home to much endemic flora and fauna, especially birds, and many endemic fish species found in the reef ecosystems off the islands. The islands have been identified by Birdlife International as Important Bird Areas for both their endemic land birds and breeding seabirds.