Tristan da Cunha, or Tristan for short, comprises six volcanic islands that sit 1,500 miles (2,400 kilometers) southwest of St. Helena island, another British outpost in the Atlantic.

Tristan da Cunha, colloquially Tristan ... of the Seven Seas because it is the only piece of flat land anywhere on the island. There are no roads out of it because there is nowhere for them to go.

Discovered in 1506 by Portuguese admiral Tristão da Cunha, this islands is part of the British overseas territory. It was first settled in 1817; the main island is officially called Edinburgh of ...

If luck is on your side, it’ll take 7 to 10 days to get to Tristan da Cunha, a 38-square-mile volcanic island in the South Atlantic Ocean. If the weather is bad, that timeline shoots way, way up ...

When a long-dormant volcano spewed molten rock over their windswept Atlantic island in October 1961, the 260 inhabitants of Tristan da Cunha were rescued and brought to never-had-it-so-good Britain.

Name: Tristan da Cunha Location: South Atlantic Ocean Coordinates: -37.10837644054316, -12.287346670465638 Why it's incredible: The group of islands is the most remote inhabited location on Earth.