Dal punto di vista politico invece, Tristan Da Cunha è un territorio appartenente alla Gran Bretagna. Tristan da Cunha (/ˌtrɪstən də ˈkuːn(j)ə/), colloquially Tristan, is a remote group of volcanic islands in the south Atlantic Ocean. [124] In February 2013, the Tristan Post Office issued a set of four Song Project stamps featuring island musical instruments and lyrics from Song Project songs about Tristan's volcano and wildlife.

[91] The connection was also extremely unreliable, connecting through a 64 kbit/s satellite phone connection provided by Inmarsat. [3][b] In addition, a new haplotype was found that is associated with men of eastern Europe and Russia. Tristan da Cunha is a British Overseas Territory with its own constitution. LIFE Magazine article about 1961 evacuation. Tristan da Cunha is the main island of the Tristan da Cunha archipelago, which consists of the following islands: Inaccessible Island and the Nightingale Islands are 35 kilometres (22 mi) SW by W and SSW away from the main island, respectively, whereas Gough Island is 350 kilometres (217 mi) SSE. [76] The silver porgy is omnivorous but is not linked to the consumption of the valued lobster populations that the islanders fish. [80], The Bank of Saint Helena was established on Saint Helena and Ascension Island in 2004.

The islands, located just under 2,000 miles from Cape Town, share many attributes of rural areas of mainland Africa, notably the lack of infrastructure and GDP, which results in extraordinarily high connectivity costs. Frost is unknown below elevations of 500 metres (1,600 ft), and summer temperatures are similarly mild, never reaching 25 °C (77 °F). "[116][117][c], Education is fairly rudimentary; children leave school at age 16, and although they can take GCSEs a year later, few do. [citation needed], Edmund Roberts, Embassy to the Eastern Courts of Cochin-China, Siam, and Muscat, 1837, The islands were occupied by a garrison of British Marines, and a civilian population gradually grew. Tuttavia, se sognate di vivere isolati dal resto del mondo in questo piccolo paradiso terrestre, sappiate che le opportunità reali sono abastanza remote. Negli anni a seguire, altre persone si unirono a William Glass e alla sua famiglia, e nel 1856 contava ben 96 abitanti. Sitemap ♦ Nell'aprile 1963, dopo aver appurato le condizioni di vivibilità dell'Isola, un gruppo di circa 200 abitanti originari decise di ritornare. DOI: 10.1127/0941-2948/2006/0130. [99], The Island Council is made up of eight elected and three appointed members, who serve a three-year term which begins in February or March.

Moreover, with only 8,000 residents, Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan lack the potential to become a technology hub. [134], Coordinates: 37°15′S 12°25′W / 37.250°S 12.417°W / -37.250; -12.417, This article is about the South Atlantic island group. 12 lines at 256 kbps. Heinlein mailed a letter there to L. Ron Hubbard, a friend who also liked to travel, "for the curiosity value of the postmark." [133], The island holds an annual break from government and factory work which begins before Christmas and lasts for three weeks. Now all of the population has mixed ancestry. [18] A parson arrived in February 1851, the Bishop of Cape Town visited in March 1856 and the island was included within the diocese of Cape Town. Like most British Overseas Territories, it was never a part of the European Union, but was a member of th… Pare che chi visiti tale luogo ne rimanga talmente affascinato, da sperare in tutti i modi di ritornare.

Libero, personale, da disegnare e colorare con le tue emozioni. With no natural predators, the invasive mice population is able to expand by producing new generations twice a year. [90] Internet access was available in Tristan da Cunha from 1998 to 2006, but its high cost made it almost unaffordable for the local population, who primarily used it only to send email. [92] As of 2016, there is not yet any mobile telephone coverage on the islands. [3] The other islands are uninhabited, except for the South African personnel of a weather station on Gough Island. [20] The occupation also prevented the United States from using Tristan da Cunha as a base for naval cruisers, as it had during the War of 1812. [37] Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, the Queen's consort, visited the islands in 1957 as part of a world tour on board the royal yacht HMY Britannia.[38]. Biographer William H Patterson, Jr. in his two volume "Robert A Heinlein In Dialogue with his Century," wrote that lack of "cultural context" made it "nearly impossible to converse" with the islanders, "a stark contrast with the way they had managed to chat with strangers" while traveling in South America. BFBS Radio 2 is the locally available radio station.

Tristan Da Cunha è un'isola remota caratterizzata da una natura selvaggia. The British overseas territories of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, although not per se African, are nonetheless geographically African. "[113] Another four instances of non-paternity were found among male descendants, but researchers believed their fathers were probably among the early island population. Tristan da Cunha has no airstrip and is not generally accessible to air travel, though the wider territory is served by Saint Helena Airport[84][85] and RAF Ascension Island.

[18] Possession was abandoned in November 1817, although some members of the garrison, notably William Glass, stayed and formed the nucleus of a permanent population. [9][page needed] No ships called at the islands from 1909 until 1919, when HMS Yarmouth finally stopped to inform the islanders of the outcome of World War I. On 10 October 1961, the eruption of Queen Mary's Peak forced the evacuation of the entire population of 264 individuals. Faster speeds and more data allowance cost 6x as much. Plus 100,000 AM/FM radio stations featuring music, news, and local sports talk. [CDATA[ */ Non sono molti coloro che conoscono le bellezze che solo questa terra è in grado di offrire, non a caso conta poco meno di 300 abitanti. Noi ci affidiamo sempre alla compagnia , che fornisce una copertura completa a dei prezzi assolutamente competitivi.

Outsiders are prohibited from buying land or settling on Tristan.

2006: VSAT arrives, along with an Internet cafe. On 14 November 2008 a geomagnetic observatory was inaugurated on the island as part of a joint venture between the Danish Meteorological Institute and DTU Space.[83]. About ♦ Besides subsistence agriculture, major industries are commercial fishing and government.

Il volo può essere preso con compagnie come British AirWays o Swiss Air. [98], The Administrator and Island Council work from the Government Building, which is the only two-storey building on the island. © oAfrica 2009-2018 ♦ The nine surnames are thought to have been immigrants who were Scottish (Collins, Rogers), Dutch (Glass), English (Green, Squibb, Swain), Irish (Hagan), Italian (Lavarello, Repetto) (both probably Ligurian). [89] This uses a London 020 numbering range, meaning that numbers are accessed via the UK telephone numbering plan. [67] These species include prickly sow-thistle (Sonchus asper), smooth sow-thistle (Sonchus oleraceus), smooth hawksbeard (Crepis capillaris), scrambling fumitory (Fumaria muralis), green field speedwell (Veronica agrestis), groundsel (Senecio vulgaris), and nutgrass (Cyperus esculentus). [25] Tristan became a dependency of the British Crown in October 1875. [33] The island was also visited in 1938 by W. Robert Foran, reporting for the National Geographic Society. During his voyage to China he established that none of the islands were suitable for settlement. [54], The main island is generally mountainous. var countVars = {"disqusShortname":"oafrica"}; Condividi le tue foto, suggerisci modifiche e segnalazioni.