In the Lee

Sandy Point is situated on Tristan's east coast. A relatively wide black sand beach is fringed by low cliffs and a narrow sloping shelf extends up to the lowest of Tristan's fringing cliffs (as the east is less exposed to sea erosion). Here a farm was set up in the 1950s, and though attempts to grow vegetables were abandoned, the pine plantation and fruit trees of apple and plum make this area unique.