| Tristan da Cunha (Population 264) |
| The main island in a small group of volcanic islands which is the most remote inhabited island group in the world, Tristan da Cunha is 1,750 miles (2,816km) from South Africa and 2,088 miles (3,360km) from South America. |
| Aside from the main island, the Territory includes the uninhabited Nightingale Islands and the wildlife reserves of Inaccessible Island and Gough Island. It is also part of the British Overseas territory which includes Ascension Island and St Helena, where the Governor resides. |
| Just 7 miles across (11.27km) and with an area of only 37.8 square miles (98sqkm), Tristan da Cunha's highest point is Queen Mary's Peak at 6,765 ft (2,062m) which erupted in 1961, causing the entire population to be evacuated and temporarily rehoused at Calshot, near Southampton, England, until their return in 1963. |
| The principal settlement is Edinburgh of the Seven Seas. |
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