Postcard
Tristan da Cunha is an active volcanic island with
rare wildlife and home to 266 British Citizens
living in the world's most isolated settlement of ‘Edinburgh of the Seven Seas’.
The island was first discovered in 1506 by the the Portuguese sailor Tristão da
Cunha.
The island is part of Saint Helena, Ascension and
Tristan da Cunha—a territory of the United Kingdom. The nearest speck of
land, St. Helena, is a whopping 2,430 km away, and it's over 2,816 km
to the nearest continent, Africa. Making Tristan da Cunha the most remote
inhabited island in the world.
More than 99% of northern rockhopper penguins breed on Tristan
da Cunha and neighboring Gough Island.
Stamps
Two William and Kate wedding stamps and a WWF stamp in
the middle.
Thx Ruben!
Tristan da Cunha is the most remote inhabited archipelago in the world, 2,400 kilometres from the nearest inhabited land, Saint Helena, and 2,400 kilometres from the nearest continental land, South Africa.
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