Photographs from HMS Endurance's Helicopter taken on 12th April 2007 |
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Taken from the North-East showing ~
Foreground : Rookery Point & behind The Ponds
Far Left : Sandy Point
Far Right : Hottentot Point & The Settlement
Between Rookery Point & Hottentot Point ~
note the distinct promontory of Big Point
and beyond Pigbite and the black 1961 lava flow
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Taken from the North-West showing ~
Foreground: Boatharbour Bay and Hillpiece (obscured by cloud)
Foreground left: Hottentot Point and The Settlement
Foreground right: Patches Plain
Behind the Patches Plain Tristan's highest cliffs rise sheer over 1500m
towards Nellie's Hump and the Stone Castle
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The 2060 m ~ 6760 ft Queen Mary's Peak from the NNE
The heart-shaped summit crater is visible below The Peak,
with Church Rock to the right
A ridge runs south from The Peak to Mount Olav
Visible in the distance left is Caves Gulch Hill
and to its right Soggy Plain and Green Hill
Note the contrast between the grey bare volcanic ash of the peak cinders, with only a sparse covering of lichens and mats of island berry
and the green of the lower base, clothed in dwarf tree ferns and the island trees. |
Vertical view above Hottentot Point showing also ~
The dry course of Hottentot Gulch
Far Right: Crawford Point and above The Goat Ridge
Centre : The Settlement of Edinburgh of the Seven Seas
with the White roofed Fishing Factory above Calshot Harbour
Top Left : The black 1961 lava flow
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Photographs taken by David Morley from the SA Agulhas Helicopter on 3rd October 2007 |
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View from the east :
Showing the Tristan Settlement
with the 1961 Volcanic cone and lava flow in front
and The Goat Ridge back left
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Typical mountain ridge
ridges radiate from the central peak
sloping from the snow-covered stony upper slopes
towards the
lower base slopes
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The Top Pond
Smallest of the three Ponds - these features are unusual explosion craters, now linked by flowing streams which form depressions in the gently sloping north-eastern part of the base.
There are five other crater lakes on the Tristan mountain, all within conventional raised volcanic parasitic cones known as parasitic cones, as well as the summit crater lake, making 9 in total
Typically all lakes on Tristan are locally known as Ponds. |
Photographs taken by Factory Manager Erik McKenzie
from HMS Southampton helicopter on 30th October 2007
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Queen Mary's Peak
with an alpine appearance |
SA Agulhas' helicopter's shadow
shows up on a summit ridge snowfield
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View above the Molly Gulch ~
showing its delta forming a slight promontory.
Also visible is the Administrator's Camping Hut (centre picture)
some 7 kms from The Residency.
Far Left is near The Bluff, where Tristan's main road
(here only a rough track) comes to an end on its route
from The Settlement via The Potato Patches. |
View of the Potato Patches ~
showing Big Sandy Gulch (right)
far top right a glimpse of the cliff above Boat Harbour Bay
and bottom right the slopes of Burnt Hill |
