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Inaccessible Island is a volcanic island located in the South Atlantic Ocean, 31 km south-west of Tristan da Cunha. Its highest point, Swale's Fell, reaches 581 m, and the island is 12.65 km2 in area.
Southern coast of Inaccessible Island seen in 2024, with Tristan da Cunha visible on the right.
Northern rockhopper penguins, from an engraving after a photograph, published in a book by the naturalist aboard HMS Challenger
Inaccessible rail
Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha is a British Overseas Territory located in the South Atlantic and consisting of the island of Saint Helena, Ascension Island, and the archipelago of Trista
Inaccessible Island
…extinct. Inaccessible Island is a part of the archipelago of Tristan da Cunha, which is a part of the overseas territory of the United Kingdom known as Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha. Tristan da Cunha itself is accessible only by sea via a six-day voyage from Cape Town, South Africa. The harbour on Inaccessible Island allows access…
A View of the Town and Island of St Helena in the Atlantic Ocean belonging to the English East India Company (engraving c. 1790)
Gough and Inaccessible Islands were declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1995.
Edinburgh of the Seven Seas, the only settlement on Tristan da Cunha. Behind it is Queen Mary's Peak, a shield volcano.
Tristan da Cunha on 6 February 2013, as seen from the International Space Station