Whole population of Tristan evacuated for two years after the volcanic eruption of 1961.

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Placename a group of four small volcanic islands in the S Atlantic about halfway between South Africa and South America. Discovered in 1506 by the Portuguese admiral Tristão da Cunha. Tristan da Cunha Title.

Tristan da Cunha is a remote volcanic group of islands in the south Atlantic Ocean and the main island of that group. In 1961 the volcano on the island erupted exploded throwing out melted rock and gases and all the people living there were brought. It is the most remote inhabited archipelago in the world lying 2816 kilometres from the nearest land South Africa and 3360 kilometres from South America.

Placename a group of four small volcanic islands in the S Atlantic about halfway between South Africa and South America. Discovered in 1506 by the Portuguese admiral Tristão da Cunha. A small garrison was maintained on Tristan until 1 Tristan da Cunha fl.

Whole population of Tristan. Annexed to Britain in 1816. The territory consists of the main island of Tristan da Cunha itself which measures about 1127 kilometres across and has an area.