Sandy Point is the easternmost extremity of the island of Tristan da Cunha in the South Atlantic Ocean. It is a distance of about 7 miles (12 km) by sea...
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Tristan da Cunha (/ˌtrɪstən də ˈkuːn(j)ə/), colloquially Tristan, is a remote group of volcanic islands in the South Atlantic Ocean. It is the most remote...
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Edinburgh of the Seven Seas (redirect from Edinburgh, Tristan da Cunha)
settlement on the island of Tristan da Cunha, a part of the British Overseas Territory of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha in the South Atlantic...
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Tristan da Cunha is an archipelago of five islands in the southern Atlantic Ocean, the largest of which is the island of Tristan da Cunha itself and the...
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Sandy Point may refer to: Sandy Point, Tristan da Cunha, easternmost point of the island. Sandy Point, New South Wales, a suburb of Sydney Sandy Point...
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Potato Patches (category Tristan da Cunha)
area and uninhabited rural settlement in Tristan da Cunha, in Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, an overseas territory of the United Kingdom...
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Saint Helena, Ascension Island and Tristan da Cunha, as well the other uninhabited islands nearby, are a haven for wildlife in the middle of the Atlantic...
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Geography of Saint Helena (category Geography of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha)
volcanic origin. The highest point on the island is Diana's Peak at 818 metres (2,684 ft), though Queen Mary's Peak on Tristan da Cunha is the highest in the...
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This is a list of mountains and hills in Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha, the British Overseas Territory, listed by height. NB: Many of these...
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Saint Helena (category Islands of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha)
one of the three constituent parts of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, a remote British overseas territory. Saint Helena is a volcanic and...
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Diana's Peak (category National parks of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha)
portal List of mountains and hills of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha Geography of Saint Helena EPIC. "Homepage". Botanic Gardens Conservation...
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This is a list of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha animals extinct in the Holocene that covers extinctions from the Holocene epoch, a geologic...
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Szczawinskia phylicae (category Lichens of Tristan da Cunha)
Tristan da Cunha expedition of 1937–1938. Captain Erling Christophersen and botanical assistant Yngvar Mejland found the specimen above Sandy Point in...
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Ascension Island (category Islands of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha)
part of the British Overseas Territory of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, of which the main island, Saint Helena, is around 800 miles (1,300 km)...
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British diplomat who served as Governor of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha from 2019 to 2022. He was inaugurated on 11 May 2019. He left office...
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January 1815 Action in the Mid-Atlantic 20 February 1815 Action off Tristan da Cunha 23 March 1815 Capture of East India Company ship Nautilus 30 June 1815...
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(previously Phillips) CBE was the Governor of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha from 25 April 2016 until 4 May 2019, when she was replaced by Philip...
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diplomat who served as the Governor of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha from 2011 to 2016. He was replaced by Lisa Phillips. His previous roles...
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ship with the same name, it lies 1,600 kilometres (1,000 mi) from Tristan da Cunha and 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) northwest of Cape Town. The seamount...
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Capture of HMS Penguin (category History of Tristan da Cunha)
23 March 1815 USS Hornet captured HMS Penguin in a short battle off Tristan da Cunha. It was one of several engagements that took place after the War of...
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December 2016. Retrieved 9 May 2016. "Tristan da Cunha Accommodation". Tristan da Cunha Government & Tristan da Cunha Association. Archived from the original...
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this limestone plateau decreases. The northern third of Sinai is a flat, sandy coastal plain, which extends from the Suez Canal into the Gaza Strip and...
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Coast. In the west, the coast is low and sandy, but in the central and eastern parts of the country it is sandy and rocky and of moderate relief, frequently...
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1500, before either João da Nova or Estêvão da Gama sailed for India. The suggestion that João da Nova discovered Tristan da Cunha naming it St Helena is...
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Island Weddell Island Westpoint Island Yorke Bay Catalan Bay Eastern Beach Sandy Bay Little Bay Plymouth Bounty Bay Henderson Island Oeno Island Edinburgh...
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above sea level, and the highest point is 883 meters (2,897 ft). The 537 kilometers (334 mi) coastline is mostly a low, sandy shore backed by plains and scrub...
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before subsequent exploration by surveyors determined that it did not exist. Sandy Island appeared on maps of the Coral Sea beginning in the late 19th century...
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Candlemas Island (redirect from Shrove Point)
Candlemas; they form Carbon Point and Clapmatch Point. These flows may be analogous to historical eruptions at Tristan da Cunha. The southeastern half of...
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grasslands, savannas, and shrublands biome. It is a zone of lateritic or sandy soils, with vegetation decreasing from south to north. The terrain is mostly...
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Shawn Desman, Nina Dobrev, Brennan Gademans, Tré Armstrong, Jai Jai Jones, Tristan D. Lalla, Merwin Mondesir, Daniel Morrison, Boyd Banks, Ardon Bess, Ingrid...
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