TRISTAN DA CUNHA

Nov. 16, 2020

The isolated UK Overseas Territory of Tristan da Cunha, which is home to the world’s most remote human settlement, declared the largest fully protected marine reserves in the Atlantic Ocean at 687,000 square kilometres.

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Tristan da Cunha is a remote group of volcanic islands in the south Atlantic Ocean. It is the most remote inhabited archipelago in the world
Tristan da Cunha is a British Overseas Territory with its own constitution.
The mountainous archipelago Tristan da Cunha is home to tens of millions of seabirds and several unique land birds.
The island group is also home to the World Heritage Site of Gough and Inaccessible Islands, which is one of the most important seabird islands in the world.

Source : Indian Express

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