Tristan island is an active volcano, although eruptions are mercifully rare. There are occasional earthquakes and rockfalls. The weather and sea conditions can be very stormy.

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A developing section devoted to Tristan's Physical Geography

If you thought Tristan da Cunha
  • was on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge
  • is an extinct or dormant volcano
  • is in the Roaring Forties
  • or has a polar climate

you are wrong...

but this developing section will put you right!