Tristan da Cunha
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| Capital | Edinburgh of the Seven Seas |
| Currency | Saint Helenian pound (SHP), UK pound sterling (GBP) |
| Area | 201 sq km |
| Population | ~269 |
| Language | English |
| Religion | Anglican, Roman Catholic |
| Calling Code | +290 |
| Internet TLD | .sh |
| Time Zone | UTC |
Tristan da Cunha[1] is an archipelago of fairly small islands in the middle of the South Atlantic Ocean. It is a territory of the United Kingdom, administered by the government of St Helena, which lies several hundred miles to the north.
[edit] Regions
- Tristan da Cunha (at 37.08°S, 12.28°W)
- Inaccessible Island
- Nightingale Island
- Middle Island
- Stoltenhoff Island
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[edit] Get In
All visitors to Tristan da Cunha must receive a permission from the Tristan Government. Write an email to admin@tristandc.com and specify when you plan to go, where you intend to stay and the purpose of your visit.
[edit] By plane
There is no airstrip on Tristan da Cunha.
[edit] By boat
Travelling to Tristan da Cunha requires careful planning. It takes five to six days to travel the 2810 kilometers from Cape Town. The South African polar research ship SA Agulhas and the fishing vessels Edinburgh and Kelso do the voyage between Cape Town and Tristan da Cunha several times every year. A return ticket on Agulhas is about USD 1300, a return ticket on one of the fishing vessels is USD 800. Schedules and further information is available on the official Tristan da Cunha website[2].
[edit] Get Around
Due to rugged, steep terrain, going all the way around the island is difficult, but if just staying in the village of Tristan, the flat, grassy ground is easy to maintain.
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Relatively nearby to the south is Gough Island, another British dependency.
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