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<h1 id="firstHeading" class="firstHeading mw-first-heading"><span class="mw-page-title-main">Inaccessible Island</span></h1> <div id="p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown mw-portlet mw-portlet-lang" > <input type="checkbox" id="p-lang-btn-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox mw-interlanguage-selector" aria-label="Go to an article in another language. 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href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%B0naksessibl" title="İnaksessibl – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="İnaksessibl" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%86%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%96%D0%B1%D0%BB" title="Інасесібл – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Інасесібл" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%98%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%B1%D1%8A%D0%BB" title="Инаксесибъл – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Инаксесибъл" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inaccessible_Island_(Tristan_da_Cunha)" title="Inaccessible Island (Tristan da Cunha) – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Inaccessible Island (Tristan da Cunha)" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illa_Inaccessible" title="Illa Inaccessible – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Illa Inaccessible" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inaccessible_Island_(pulo_sa_Santaylena)" title="Inaccessible Island (pulo sa Santaylena) – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Inaccessible Island (pulo sa Santaylena)" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nep%C5%99%C3%ADstupn%C3%BD_ostrov" title="Nepřístupný ostrov – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Nepřístupný ostrov" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inaccessible_Island" title="Inaccessible Island – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Inaccessible Island" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inaccessible" title="Inaccessible – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Inaccessible" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%91%CF%80%CF%81%CF%8C%CF%83%CE%B9%CF%84%CE%B7_%CE%9D%CE%AE%CF%83%CE%BF%CF%82" title="Απρόσιτη Νήσος – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Απρόσιτη Νήσος" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isla_Inaccesible_(Trist%C3%A1n_de_Acu%C3%B1a)" title="Isla Inaccesible (Tristán de Acuña) – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Isla Inaccesible (Tristán de Acuña)" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inaccessible" title="Inaccessible – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Inaccessible" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uharte_Helezina" title="Uharte Helezina – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Uharte Helezina" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%B2%DB%8C%D8%B1%D9%87_%D8%AF%D8%B3%D8%AA%E2%80%8C%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%AA%D9%86%DB%8C" title="جزیره دست‌نیافتنی – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="جزیره دست‌نیافتنی" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%8Ele_Inaccessible_(Tristan_da_Cunha)" title="Île Inaccessible (Tristan da Cunha) – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Île Inaccessible (Tristan da Cunha)" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illa_Inaccesible" title="Illa Inaccesible – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Illa Inaccesible" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%9D%B4%EB%82%B5%EC%84%B8%EC%8B%9C%EB%B8%94%EC%84%AC" title="이낵세시블섬 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="이낵세시블섬" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inaccessible" title="Inaccessible – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Inaccessible" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulau_Inaccessible" title="Pulau Inaccessible – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Pulau Inaccessible" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isola_Inaccessibile" title="Isola Inaccessibile – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Isola Inaccessibile" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%90%D7%99%D7%A0%D7%90%D7%A7%D7%A1%D7%A1%D7%99%D7%91%D7%9C" title="אינאקססיבל – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="אינאקססיבל" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%98%E1%83%9C%E1%83%90%E1%83%99%E1%83%A1%E1%83%94%E1%83%A1%E1%83%98%E1%83%91%E1%83%9A%E1%83%94_(%E1%83%99%E1%83%A3%E1%83%9C%E1%83%AB%E1%83%A3%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98)" title="ინაკსესიბლე (კუნძული) – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="ინაკსესიბლე (კუნძული)" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nepasiekiamoji_sala" title="Nepasiekiamoji sala – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Nepasiekiamoji sala" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mt mw-list-item"><a href="https://mt.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C5%BCira_Ina%C4%8B%C4%8Bessibbli" title="Gżira Inaċċessibbli – Maltese" lang="mt" hreflang="mt" data-title="Gżira Inaċċessibbli" data-language-autonym="Malti" data-language-local-name="Maltese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inaccessible" title="Inaccessible – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Inaccessible" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A4%E3%83%8A%E3%82%AF%E3%82%BB%E3%82%B7%E3%83%96%E3%83%AB%E5%B3%B6" title="イナクセシブル島 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="イナクセシブル島" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inaccessible_Island" title="Inaccessible Island – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Inaccessible Island" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inaccessible_Island" title="Inaccessible Island – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Inaccessible Island" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inaccessible" title="Inaccessible – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Inaccessible" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilha_Inacess%C3%ADvel_(Trist%C3%A3o_da_Cunha)" title="Ilha Inacessível (Tristão da Cunha) – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Ilha Inacessível (Tristão da Cunha)" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%98%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%B1%D0%BB_(%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2)" title="Инаксессибл (остров) – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Инаксессибл (остров)" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inaccessible_Island" title="Inaccessible Island – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Inaccessible Island" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inaccessible" title="Inaccessible – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Inaccessible" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inaccessible_Island" title="Inaccessible Island – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Inaccessible Island" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9D%D0%B5%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82%D1%83%D0%BF%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B9" title="Неприступний – Ukrainian" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" data-title="Неприступний" data-language-autonym="Українська" data-language-local-name="Ukrainian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Українська</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vi mw-list-item"><a href="https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%90%E1%BA%A3o_Inaccessible" title="Đảo Inaccessible – Vietnamese" lang="vi" hreflang="vi" data-title="Đảo Inaccessible" data-language-autonym="Tiếng Việt" data-language-local-name="Vietnamese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tiếng Việt</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-wuu mw-list-item"><a href="https://wuu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%BC%8A%E7%B4%8D%E5%85%8B%E5%A1%9E%E7%91%9F%E5%B8%83%E7%88%BE%E5%B3%B6" title="伊納克塞瑟布爾島 – Wu" lang="wuu" hreflang="wuu" data-title="伊納克塞瑟布爾島" data-language-autonym="吴语" data-language-local-name="Wu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>吴语</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-yue mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-yue.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%BC%8A%E7%B4%8D%E5%85%8B%E7%91%9F%E5%B8%83%E7%88%BE%E5%B3%B6" title="伊納克瑟布爾島 – Cantonese" lang="yue" hreflang="yue" data-title="伊納克瑟布爾島" data-language-autonym="粵語" data-language-local-name="Cantonese" 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For the other islands, see <a href="/wiki/Inaccessible_Island_(disambiguation)" class="mw-disambig" title="Inaccessible Island (disambiguation)">Inaccessible Island (disambiguation)</a>.</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive 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solid}</style><table class="infobox ib-islands vcard"><caption class="infobox-title fn org">Inaccessible Island</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Tristan_Map.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Map showing Inaccessible Island near Tristan da Cunha and Nightingale Islands"><img alt="Map showing Inaccessible Island near Tristan da Cunha and Nightingale Islands" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Tristan_Map.png/300px-Tristan_Map.png" decoding="async" width="300" height="263" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Tristan_Map.png/450px-Tristan_Map.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Tristan_Map.png/600px-Tristan_Map.png 2x" data-file-width="2787" data-file-height="2441" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Inaccessible Island's location in relation to Tristan da Cunha</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238443738">.mw-parser-output .locmap .od{position:absolute}.mw-parser-output .locmap .id{position:absolute;line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .locmap .l0{font-size:0;position:absolute}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pv{line-height:110%;position:absolute;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pl{line-height:110%;position:absolute;top:-0.75em;text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pr{line-height:110%;position:absolute;top:-0.75em;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pv>div{display:inline;padding:1px}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pl>div{display:inline;padding:1px;float:right}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pr>div{display:inline;padding:1px;float:left}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .od,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .od .pv>div,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .od .pl>div,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .od 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typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:South_Atlantic_Ocean_laea_location_map.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Inaccessible Island is located in South Atlantic"><img alt="Inaccessible Island is located in South Atlantic" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/South_Atlantic_Ocean_laea_location_map.svg/260px-South_Atlantic_Ocean_laea_location_map.svg.png" decoding="async" width="260" height="258" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/South_Atlantic_Ocean_laea_location_map.svg/390px-South_Atlantic_Ocean_laea_location_map.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/South_Atlantic_Ocean_laea_location_map.svg/520px-South_Atlantic_Ocean_laea_location_map.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="710" data-file-height="704" /></a></span><div class="od notheme" style="top:57.165%;left:57.109%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Inaccessible Island"><img alt="Inaccessible Island" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/8px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/12px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/16px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div></div></div><div style="padding-top:0.2em"></div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Geography</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Location</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Ocean" title="Atlantic Ocean">South Atlantic Ocean</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Coordinates</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output 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class="infobox-data note"><a href="/wiki/Tristan_da_Cunha" title="Tristan da Cunha">Tristan da Cunha</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Area</th><td class="infobox-data">12.65 km<sup>2</sup> (4.88 sq mi)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Administration</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><div><b><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a></b></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><a href="/wiki/St_Helena,_Ascension_and_Tristan_da_Cunha" class="mw-redirect" title="St Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha">St Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header"></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader" style="font-size: 100%;"><div style="background-color: #E7AF97;"><a 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class="infobox-header"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><div style="border:4px solid #0177D3; line-height: 1.5; text-align: center;"> <a href="/wiki/World_Heritage_Site" title="World Heritage Site">UNESCO World Heritage Site</a></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Type</th><td class="infobox-data">Natural</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Criteria</th><td class="infobox-data">vii, x</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Designated</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/List_of_World_Heritage_Sites_by_year_of_inscription#1995_(19th_session)" title="List of World Heritage Sites by year of inscription">1995</a> <small>(41st <a href="/wiki/World_Heritage_Committee" title="World Heritage Committee">session</a>)</small></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Reference no.</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/740">740</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><th colspan="2"> </th></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><div style="border:4px solid #8DE3D2; line-height: 1.5; text-align: center;"> <a href="/wiki/Ramsar_Convention" title="Ramsar Convention">Ramsar Wetland</a></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Designated</th><td class="infobox-data">20 November 2008</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Reference no.</th><td class="infobox-data">1869<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><th colspan="2"> </th></tr><tr style="display:none"><th colspan="2"> </th></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Inaccessible Island</b> is a <a href="/wiki/Volcanic_island" title="Volcanic island">volcanic island</a> located in the <a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Ocean" title="Atlantic Ocean">South Atlantic Ocean</a>, 31 km (19 mi) south-west of <a href="/wiki/Tristan_da_Cunha" title="Tristan da Cunha">Tristan da Cunha</a>. Its highest point, Swale's Fell, reaches 581 m (1,906 ft), and the island is 12.65 km<sup>2</sup> (4.88 sq mi) in area. The volcano was last active approximately one million years ago and is now <a href="/wiki/Volcano#Extinct" title="Volcano">extinct</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Inaccessible Island is part of the <a href="/wiki/Tristan_da_Cunha" title="Tristan da Cunha">archipelago of Tristan da Cunha</a>, which is part of the <a href="/wiki/British_Overseas_Territories" title="British Overseas Territories">overseas territory</a> of the <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a> known as <a href="/wiki/Saint_Helena,_Ascension_and_Tristan_da_Cunha" title="Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha">Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha</a>. Tristan da Cunha itself is accessible only by sea via a seven-day voyage from <a href="/wiki/Cape_Town" title="Cape Town">Cape Town</a>, <a href="/wiki/South_Africa" title="South Africa">South Africa</a>, and the harbour on Inaccessible Island allows access for only a few days of the year.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Access to Inaccessible Island must be granted by the local government office.<sup id="cite_ref-AO_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AO-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Inaccessible_Island&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Inaccessible_Island,_March_14,_2024.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Inaccessible_Island%2C_March_14%2C_2024.jpg/305px-Inaccessible_Island%2C_March_14%2C_2024.jpg" decoding="async" width="305" height="101" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Inaccessible_Island%2C_March_14%2C_2024.jpg/458px-Inaccessible_Island%2C_March_14%2C_2024.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Inaccessible_Island%2C_March_14%2C_2024.jpg/610px-Inaccessible_Island%2C_March_14%2C_2024.jpg 2x" data-file-width="28522" data-file-height="9447" /></a><figcaption>Southern coast of Inaccessible Island seen in 2024, with <a href="/wiki/Tristan_da_Cunha" title="Tristan da Cunha">Tristan da Cunha</a> visible on the right.</figcaption></figure> <p>The island is approximately 40 kilometres (22 nmi; 25 mi) to the southwest of the main island of the Tristan da Cunha archipelago. Mostly desolate and inhospitable, the island has a few small, rocky beaches that host penguins and <a href="/wiki/Subantarctic_fur_seal" title="Subantarctic fur seal">subantarctic fur seals</a>. <sup id="cite_ref-TdC-I_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TdC-I-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Generations of sailors were wary of the difficult landing and inhospitable terrain.<sup id="cite_ref-AO_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AO-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Inaccessible Island has been without permanent inhabitants since 1873.<sup id="cite_ref-TdC-I_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TdC-I-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Along with <a href="/wiki/Gough_Island" title="Gough Island">Gough Island</a>, Inaccessible Island is a protected wildlife reserve, and both make up the <a href="/wiki/UNESCO" title="UNESCO">UNESCO</a> <a href="/wiki/World_Heritage_Site" title="World Heritage Site">World Heritage Site</a> of <a href="/wiki/Gough_and_Inaccessible_Islands" class="mw-redirect" title="Gough and Inaccessible Islands">Gough and Inaccessible Islands</a>. Inaccessible Island is home of the endemic <a href="/wiki/Inaccessible_Island_rail" title="Inaccessible Island rail">Inaccessible Island rail</a>, the world's smallest extant flightless bird.<sup id="cite_ref-TdC-U_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TdC-U-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Inaccessible_Island&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Inaccessible Island was discovered in January 1656 during a voyage by the <i>Nachtglas</i> ("the night glass"), a <a href="/wiki/Netherlands" title="Netherlands">Dutch</a> ship under the command of <a href="/wiki/Jan_Jacobszoon_May_van_Schellinkhout" title="Jan Jacobszoon May van Schellinkhout">Jan Jakobszoon</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-books.google.nl_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-books.google.nl-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 146 years after Tristan da Cunha was first sighted by Portuguese sailors. Jakobszoon originally named it "Nachtglas" island. </p><p>There are two explanations for the name "Inaccessible" Island. One is that on maps the newly found island was referred to as "inaccessible" because the Dutch crew who landed were not able to reach its interior.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The other claims that French captain d'Etcheverry renamed the island in 1778 after not being able to land.<sup id="cite_ref-tristandc.com_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tristandc.com-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1803, US sailors led by Amasa Delano made landfall on the island during a voyage to the <a href="/wiki/Cape_of_Good_Hope" title="Cape of Good Hope">Cape of Good Hope</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-books.google.nl_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-books.google.nl-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Moscow-born brothers Gustav and Frederick Stoltenhoff arrived on Inaccessible from Germany in 1871 and lived there for two years intending to make a living sealing and selling their wares to passing traders, though such trade was minimal. Due to the scarcity of food, they were "overjoyed" to be rescued in 1873 during <a href="/wiki/HMS_Challenger_(1858)" title="HMS Challenger (1858)">HMS <i>Challenger</i></a>'s visit to examine the flora and fauna there.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The South African author <a href="/wiki/Eric_Rosenthal_(historian_and_author)" class="mw-redirect" title="Eric Rosenthal (historian and author)">Eric Rosenthal</a> chronicled the Stoltenhoffs' adventure in 1952.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The nearby <a href="/wiki/Stoltenhoff_Island" title="Stoltenhoff Island">Stoltenhoff Island</a> is named for the brothers.<sup id="cite_ref-AO_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AO-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1922, the <a href="/wiki/Shackleton%E2%80%93Rowett_Expedition" title="Shackleton–Rowett Expedition">Shackleton–Rowett Expedition</a>'s ship, the <a href="/wiki/Quest_(ship)" title="Quest (ship)"><i>Quest</i></a>, stopped by Inaccessible briefly, and on-board naturalist <a href="/wiki/Hubert_Wilkins" title="Hubert Wilkins">Hubert Wilkins</a> discovered a bird later named the <a href="/wiki/Wilkins%27s_finch" title="Wilkins's finch">Wilkins finch</a> (<i>Nesospiza wilkinsi</i>). In 1938, the <a href="/wiki/Norwegian_Scientific_Expedition_to_Tristan_Da_Cunha_1937-1938" class="mw-redirect" title="Norwegian Scientific Expedition to Tristan Da Cunha 1937-1938">Norwegian Scientific Expedition to Tristan da Cunha</a> spent three weeks on the island, during which time they managed to gain access to the plateau and extensively catalogued plants, birds, and rocks. Another attempt at mapping the island was made during the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Society" title="Royal Society">Royal Society</a>'s expedition of 1962 to Tristan da Cunha, which took scientists to Inaccessible Island. Like many other explorers before them, the scientists were not able to reach the interior of the island. </p><p>Inaccessible Island was declared a nature reserve under the Tristan da Cunha Conservation Ordinance of 1976. Tristan islanders, however, were still permitted to harvest seabirds from the island. In a 1982 expedition (16 October 1982 – 10 February 1983), students and faculty of <a href="/wiki/Denstone_College" title="Denstone College">Denstone College</a> in England made detailed maps of the island, studied its flora, fauna, and geology, and carried out a <a href="/wiki/Bird_ringing" title="Bird ringing">bird ringing</a> programme on more than 3,000 birds.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1997, Inaccessible Island's territorial waters out to 22 km (14 mi) were declared a nature reserve under the Tristan da Cunha Conservation Ordinance of 1976. Currently, only guides from Tristan are allowed to take visiting cruise ships to Inaccessible; most trips to the island are now made at the request of <a href="/wiki/Expatriates" class="mw-redirect" title="Expatriates">expatriates</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (April 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> In 2004 Inaccessible Island was added to the <a href="/wiki/UNESCO" title="UNESCO">UNESCO</a> <a href="/wiki/World_Heritage_Site" title="World Heritage Site">World Heritage Site</a> of Gough Island to create a new site of <a href="/wiki/Gough_and_Inaccessible_Islands" class="mw-redirect" title="Gough and Inaccessible Islands">Gough and Inaccessible Islands</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (April 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Shipwrecks">Shipwrecks</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Inaccessible_Island&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Shipwrecks"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>At least three confirmed shipwrecks have occurred off the coast of the island. The first was <a href="/wiki/Blenden_Hall" title="Blenden Hall"><i>Blenden Hall</i></a>, a British ship which set sail in 1821 with 54 passengers and crew aboard, her destination <a href="/wiki/Mumbai" title="Mumbai">Bombay</a>. Captain Alexander Grieg intended to sail past <a href="/wiki/Saint_Helena" title="Saint Helena">Saint Helena</a>, but adverse currents carried her to Tristan da Cunha. She got caught in seaweed, and on 22 July, drifted aground on Inaccessible Island. All but two of those aboard survived the shipwreck.<sup id="cite_ref-lloyds_list5692_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-lloyds_list5692-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They spent the next four months subsisting on wild celery, seals, penguins, and albatross.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They managed to build a boat some months later. The first attempt to sail to Tristan failed, resulting in the loss of six people; the second attempt alerted the Tristanians to their plight. The remainder were then brought to Tristan, where the <a href="/wiki/Brig" title="Brig">brig</a> <i>Nerina</i> arrived about two months later and took most to <a href="/wiki/Cape_Town" title="Cape Town">Cape Town</a>, South Africa.<sup id="cite_ref-lloyds_list5692_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-lloyds_list5692-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The other two shipwrecks are the wreck of <i>Shakespeare</i> at Pig Beach in 1883, and <i>Helenslea</i> at North Point in 1897.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (January 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Flora_and_fauna">Flora and fauna</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Inaccessible_Island&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Flora and fauna"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Wildlife_of_Saint_Helena,_Ascension_and_Tristan_da_Cunha" title="Wildlife of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha">Wildlife of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha</a></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1237032888/mw-parser-output/.tmulti">.mw-parser-output .tmulti .multiimageinner{display:flex;flex-direction:column}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow{display:flex;flex-direction:row;clear:left;flex-wrap:wrap;width:100%;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .tsingle{margin:1px;float:left}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .theader{clear:both;font-weight:bold;text-align:center;align-self:center;background-color:transparent;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .thumbcaption{background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .text-align-left{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .text-align-right{text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .text-align-center{text-align:center}@media all and (max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .tmulti .thumbinner{width:100%!important;box-sizing:border-box;max-width:none!important;align-items:center}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow{justify-content:center}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .tsingle{float:none!important;max-width:100%!important;box-sizing:border-box;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .tsingle .thumbcaption{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow>.thumbcaption{text-align:center}}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .tmulti .multiimageinner img{background-color:white}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .tmulti .multiimageinner img{background-color:white}}</style><div class="thumb tmulti tright"><div class="thumbinner multiimageinner" style="width:204px;max-width:204px"><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:202px;max-width:202px"><div class="thumbimage"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Rockhopper_inaccessible.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Northern rockhopper penguins" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Rockhopper_inaccessible.jpg/200px-Rockhopper_inaccessible.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="169" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Rockhopper_inaccessible.jpg/300px-Rockhopper_inaccessible.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Rockhopper_inaccessible.jpg/400px-Rockhopper_inaccessible.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1974" data-file-height="1669" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption">Northern rockhopper penguins, from an engraving after a photograph, published in a book by the naturalist aboard <a href="/wiki/HMS_Challenger_(1858)" title="HMS Challenger (1858)">HMS <i>Challenger</i></a></div></div></div><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:202px;max-width:202px"><div class="thumbimage"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Atlantisia_rogersi_russ.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Inaccessible rail" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Atlantisia_rogersi_russ.jpg/200px-Atlantisia_rogersi_russ.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Atlantisia_rogersi_russ.jpg/300px-Atlantisia_rogersi_russ.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/88/Atlantisia_rogersi_russ.jpg 2x" data-file-width="352" data-file-height="264" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption">Inaccessible rail</div></div></div></div></div> <p>When Corporal William Glass and his family became the first settlers at Tristan da Cunha in 1816, goats and pigs were brought to Inaccessible Island to serve as a source of food. Cattle, sheep, and dogs were introduced to the island during its history. Domestic animals helped to keep the Stoltenhoff brothers alive during their expedition. All remaining domestic animals were removed during the 1950s.<sup id="cite_ref-AO_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AO-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>No land mammals, reptiles, amphibians, butterflies, or snails have been found at Inaccessible. The island has 64 native plant species, including 20 types of <a href="/wiki/Flowering_plant" title="Flowering plant">flowering plants</a> and 17 species of <a href="/wiki/Fern" title="Fern">ferns</a>. 48 invertebrate species exist on the island, 10 of which were introduced.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Subantarctic_fur_seal" title="Subantarctic fur seal">Subantarctic fur seals</a> and <a href="/wiki/Southern_elephant_seal" title="Southern elephant seal">southern elephant seals</a> have been seen at the island in increasing numbers, and <a href="/wiki/Cetacea" title="Cetacea">cetaceans</a> live in the surrounding waters: most notably, <a href="/wiki/Southern_right_whale" title="Southern right whale">southern right whales</a> and a resident population of <a href="/wiki/Dusky_dolphin" title="Dusky dolphin">dusky dolphins</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Birds">Birds</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Inaccessible_Island&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Birds"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Inaccessible is the exclusive habitat of the <a href="/wiki/Inaccessible_Island_rail" title="Inaccessible Island rail">Inaccessible Island rail</a>, the world's smallest living flightless bird.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The island has been identified as an <a href="/wiki/Important_Bird_Area" title="Important Bird Area">Important Bird Area</a> (IBA) by <a href="/wiki/BirdLife_International" title="BirdLife International">BirdLife International</a> as a breeding site for <a href="/wiki/Seabird" title="Seabird">seabirds</a> and its endemic landbirds. Birds for which the IBA is significant include <a href="/wiki/Northern_rockhopper_penguin" title="Northern rockhopper penguin">northern rockhopper penguins</a> (up to 27,000 breeding pairs), <a href="/wiki/Tristan_albatross" title="Tristan albatross">Tristan albatrosses</a> (2–3 pairs), <a href="/wiki/Sooty_albatross" title="Sooty albatross">sooty albatrosses</a> (200 pairs), <a href="/wiki/Atlantic_yellow-nosed_albatross" title="Atlantic yellow-nosed albatross">Atlantic yellow-nosed albatrosses</a> (1,100 pairs), <a href="/wiki/Broad-billed_prion" title="Broad-billed prion">broad-billed prions</a> (up to 500,000 pairs), <a href="/wiki/Soft-plumaged_petrel" title="Soft-plumaged petrel">soft-plumaged petrels</a> (up to 50,000 pairs), <a href="/wiki/Spectacled_petrel" title="Spectacled petrel">spectacled petrels</a>, <a href="/wiki/Great_shearwater" title="Great shearwater">great shearwaters</a> (up to 2 million pairs), <a href="/wiki/Little_shearwater" title="Little shearwater">little shearwaters</a> (up to 50,000 pairs), <a href="/wiki/White-faced_storm_petrel" title="White-faced storm petrel">white-faced storm petrels</a> (up to 50,000 pairs), <a href="/wiki/White-bellied_storm_petrel" title="White-bellied storm petrel">white-bellied storm petrels</a> (up to 50,000 pairs), <a href="/wiki/Antarctic_tern" title="Antarctic tern">Antarctic terns</a>, <a href="/wiki/Inaccessible_rail" class="mw-redirect" title="Inaccessible rail">Inaccessible rails</a> (up to 5,000 pairs), <a href="/wiki/Tristan_thrush" title="Tristan thrush">Tristan thrushes</a> (1,500-7,000 individuals across the Tristan da Cunha archipelago),<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Inaccessible_Island_finch" title="Inaccessible Island finch">Inaccessible Island finches</a> (around 24,000 individuals).<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="In_popular_culture">In popular culture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Inaccessible_Island&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: In popular culture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Edgar_Allan_Poe" title="Edgar Allan Poe">Edgar Allan Poe</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/The_Narrative_of_Arthur_Gordon_Pym_of_Nantucket" title="The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket">The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket</a></i> alluded to Nightingale Island, Inaccessible Island, and Tristan da Cunha.</li> <li>In <a href="/wiki/Patrick_O%27Brian" title="Patrick O'Brian">Patrick O'Brian</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/The_Thirteen-Gun_Salute" title="The Thirteen-Gun Salute">The Thirteen-Gun Salute</a></i> (1989), pp. 120–29, Captain Aubrey's ship <i>Diane</i>, in a dead calm, is carried toward Inaccessible Island by the onshore current. One sailor recounts the wreck of a whaling ship that he witnessed when it was lost with all hands in similar conditions. Only a fortunate breeze saves Aubrey's ship. The episode is depicted in the cover painting of the book showing the towering cliffs plunging directly into the sea.</li> <li>"Sea Lion", the pseudonym of "a serving naval officer" (<a href="/wiki/Geoffrey_Bennett_(historian)" title="Geoffrey Bennett (historian)">Geoffrey Martin Bennett</a>), wrote <i>The Phantom Fleet</i> (1946), predicated on the supposition that Inaccessible Island contained a natural harbour, the entrance to which was concealed from the sea. The antagonists were assembling a fleet of obsolescent warships in this harbour, with the intention of striking a <a href="/wiki/Coup_de_main" title="Coup de main">coup de main</a> leading to world domination, a scheme foiled by the derring-do of a naval officer and the guns of the Royal Navy.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eric_Newby" title="Eric Newby">Eric Newby</a> passed within sight of Inaccessible Island on his 1938–1939 voyage from Ireland to Australia aboard <i><a href="/wiki/Moshulu" title="Moshulu">Moshulu</a></i>, as chronicled in his books <i><a href="/wiki/The_Last_Grain_Race" title="The Last Grain Race">The Last Grain Race</a></i> and <i>Learning the Ropes</i>. It was the only land that the crew saw on the voyage until reaching Australia, and was therefore a cause for some excitement.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Inaccessible_Island&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_mountains_and_hills_of_Saint_Helena,_Ascension_and_Tristan_da_Cunha" title="List of mountains and hills of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha">List of mountains and hills of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Inaccessible_Island&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://rsis.ramsar.org/ris/1869">"Inaccessible Island"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Ramsar_Convention" title="Ramsar Convention">Ramsar</a> Sites Information Service</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">25 April</span> 2018</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Ramsar+Sites+Information+Service&rft.atitle=Inaccessible+Island&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Frsis.ramsar.org%2Fris%2F1869&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AInaccessible+Island" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://volcano.si.edu/volcano.cfm?vn=386800">"Global Volcanism Program | Inaccessible Island"</a>. <i>Smithsonian Institution | Global Volcanism Program</i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Smithsonian+Institution+%7C+Global+Volcanism+Program&rft.atitle=Global+Volcanism+Program+%7C+Inaccessible+Island&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fvolcano.si.edu%2Fvolcano.cfm%3Fvn%3D386800&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AInaccessible+Island" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">" ...it's really only possible to land on Inaccessible Island for a week or so each year, probably around December and January." (Atlas Obscura)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-AO-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-AO_4-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-AO_4-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-AO_4-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-AO_4-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFDan_Nosowitz2018" class="citation web cs1">Dan Nosowitz (1 November 2018). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/can-you-visit-inaccessible-island?mc_cid=549ab36512&mc_eid=34be11d5e3">"The Questionable Rewards of a Visit to Inaccessible Island"</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">6 August</span> 2021</span> – via Atlas Obscura.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=The+Questionable+Rewards+of+a+Visit+to+Inaccessible+Island&rft.date=2018-11-01&rft.au=Dan+Nosowitz&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.atlasobscura.com%2Farticles%2Fcan-you-visit-inaccessible-island%3Fmc_cid%3D549ab36512%26mc_eid%3D34be11d5e3&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AInaccessible+Island" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-TdC-I-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-TdC-I_5-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-TdC-I_5-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220110072123/https://www.tristandc.com/inaccessible.php">"Tristan da Cunha Outer Islands / Inaccessible"</a>. <i>Tristan da Cunha Website</i>. Tristan da Cunha Government & Tristan da Cunha Association. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://tristandc.com/inaccessible.php">the original</a> on 10 January 2022<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">13 June</span> 2022</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Tristan+da+Cunha+Website&rft.atitle=Tristan+da+Cunha+Outer+Islands+%2F+Inaccessible&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Ftristandc.com%2Finaccessible.php&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AInaccessible+Island" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-TdC-U-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-TdC-U_6-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20211129213803/https://tristandc.com/wildworldheritagesite740.php">"Gough and Inaccessible Islands UNESCO World Heritage Site"</a>. <i>Tristan da Cunha Website</i>. Tristan da Cunha Government & Tristan da Cunha Association. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://tristandc.com/wildworldheritagesite740.php">the original</a> on 29 November 2021<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">13 June</span> 2022</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Tristan+da+Cunha+Website&rft.atitle=Gough+and+Inaccessible+Islands+UNESCO+World+Heritage+Site&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Ftristandc.com%2Fwildworldheritagesite740.php&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AInaccessible+Island" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-books.google.nl-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-books.google.nl_7-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-books.google.nl_7-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFR._K._Headland1989" class="citation book cs1">R. K. 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Cambridge University Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-521-30903-5" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-521-30903-5"><bdi>978-0-521-30903-5</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Chronological+List+of+Antarctic+Expeditions+and+Related+Historical+Events&rft.pub=Cambridge+University+Press&rft.date=1989&rft.isbn=978-0-521-30903-5&rft.au=R.+K.+Headland&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DSg49AAAAIAAJ&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AInaccessible+Island" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.today/20120629181942/http://www.btinternet.com/~sa_sa/inaccessible_island/inaccessible_island_history.html">"History of Inaccessible Island, South Atlantic Ocean"</a>. archive.is. Archived from the original on 29 June 2012<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">24 July</span> 2014</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=History+of+Inaccessible+Island%2C+South+Atlantic+Ocean&rft.pub=archive.is&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.btinternet.com%2F~sa_sa%2Finaccessible_island%2Finaccessible_island_history.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AInaccessible+Island" class="Z3988"></span><span class="cs1-maint citation-comment"><code class="cs1-code">{{<a href="/wiki/Template:Cite_web" title="Template:Cite web">cite web</a>}}</code>: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (<a href="/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_bot:_original_URL_status_unknown" title="Category:CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown">link</a>)</span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-tristandc.com-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-tristandc.com_9-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.tristandc.com/inaccessible.php">"Inaccessible Island"</a>. 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Moseley. p. 116. Macmillan and Co., 1879. 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Westmead, Gt. Brit.: Gregg International. 1822. pp. 78 v. <q>The Blenden Hall, Greig, from London to Bombay, was totally wrecked on the 23d of July, on Inaccessible Island, near Tristan da Cunha. The Master, Officers, and Passengers saved : two of the crew were drowned when the Ship was lost; and six others who left the island in a boat on the 19th October for Tristan da Cunha, have not since been heard of. The Nerinæ Lachlan, of London, arrived at the Cape of Good Hope 20th January, with 4 ladies, 3 children, 20 other passengers, and 11 of the crew, who had been on Inaccessible Island sixteen weeks, and went from thence in boats to Tristan da Cunha.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Lloyd%27s+List&rft.place=Westmead%2C+Gt.+Brit.&rft.pages=78+v&rft.pub=Gregg+International&rft.date=1822&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbabel.hathitrust.org%2Fcgi%2Fpt%3Fid%3Dmdp.39015005730638%26view%3D1up%26seq%3D137&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AInaccessible+Island" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-15">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFGreig1847" class="citation web cs1">Greig, Alexander M (1847). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044019421171;view=1up;seq=21">"Fate of the Blenden Hall, East Indiaman ... bound to Bombay : with an account of her wreck, and the sufferings and privations endured by the survivors for six ..."</a> <i>HathiTrust</i>. pp. 70, 89–87, & 115–116<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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The first scientists to describe the animal thought it might have walked"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Atlas_Obscura" title="Atlas Obscura">Atlas Obscura</a></i>. Pocket worthy Stories to fuel your mind<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">14 June</span> 2020</span>. <q>On this one tiny island, there is a thriving population of thousands of what we'll now call Laterallus rogersi, but they are considered vulnerable to extinction.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Atlas+Obscura&rft.atitle=How+Did+the+World%27s+Smallest+Flightless+Bird+Get+to+Inaccessible+Island%3F+The+first+scientists+to+describe+the+animal+thought+it+might+have+walked.&rft.date=2018-11-02&rft.aulast=Laskow&rft.aufirst=Sarah&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fgetpocket.com%2Fexplore%2Fitem%2Fhow-did-the-world-s-smallest-flightless-bird-get-to-inaccessible-island&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AInaccessible+Island" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-20">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22708541/117286443">"Tristan Thrush"</a>. <i>The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species</i>. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">26 October</span> 2012</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Important+Bird+Areas+factsheet&rft.atitle=Inaccessible+Island&rft.date=2012&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.birdlife.org&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AInaccessible+Island" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-22">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22735943/95121524">"Inaccessible Island Finch"</a>. <i>The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species</i>. International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">30 April</span> 2024</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=The+IUCN+Red+List+of+Threatened+Species&rft.atitle=Inaccessible+Island+Finch&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.iucnredlist.org%2Fspecies%2F22735943%2F95121524&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AInaccessible+Island" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Inaccessible_Island&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1235681985">.mw-parser-output .side-box{margin:4px 0;box-sizing:border-box;border:1px solid #aaa;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em;background-color:var(--background-color-interactive-subtle,#f8f9fa);display:flow-root}.mw-parser-output .side-box-abovebelow,.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{padding:0.25em 0.9em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-image{padding:2px 0 2px 0.9em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-imageright{padding:2px 0.9em 2px 0;text-align:center}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .side-box-flex{display:flex;align-items:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{flex:1;min-width:0}}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .side-box{width:238px}.mw-parser-output .side-box-right{clear:right;float:right;margin-left:1em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-left{margin-right:1em}}</style><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1237033735">@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox{display:none!important}}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox img[src*="Wiktionary-logo-en-v2.svg"]{background-color:white}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox img[src*="Wiktionary-logo-en-v2.svg"]{background-color:white}}</style><div class="side-box side-box-right plainlinks sistersitebox"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style> <div class="side-box-flex"> <div class="side-box-image"><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/30px-Commons-logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/45px-Commons-logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/59px-Commons-logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="1376" /></span></span></div> <div class="side-box-text plainlist">Wikimedia Commons has media related to <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Inaccessible_Island" class="extiw" title="commons:Category:Inaccessible Island">Inaccessible Island</a></span>.</div></div> </div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.tristandc.com/inaccessible.php">Inaccessible Island: Tristan da Cunha website</a></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.today/20120629181942/http://www.btinternet.com/~sa_sa/inaccessible_island/inaccessible_island_history.html">"History of Inaccessible Island, South Atlantic Ocean"</a>. 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class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20050209002712/http://geosciences.ou.edu/~bweaver/Ascension/tdc-geol.htm">Geology of Tristan da Cunha and Inaccessible Island</a></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFLindblad_Expeditions2012" class="citation web cs1">Lindblad Expeditions (23 May 2012). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3fK1aOlhwE">"Seldom-Visited Nightingale and Inaccessible Islands"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(Video)</span>. <i><a href="/wiki/National_Geographic" title="National Geographic">National Geographic</a></i>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211222/A3fK1aOlhwE">Archived</a> from the original on 22 December 2021 – via <a href="/wiki/YouTube" title="YouTube">YouTube</a>.</cite><span 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