Gough Island (/ɡɒf/ GOF), also known historically as Gonçalo Álvares, is a rugged volcanic island in the South Atlantic Ocean. It is a dependency of Tristan...
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Antarctica, 1,870 km (1,160 mi) east of the South Sandwich Islands, 1,845 km (1,146 mi) south of Gough Island, and 2,520 km (1,570 mi) south-southwest of the coast...
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Tristan da Cunha (redirect from Tristan Da Cunha Island)
reserves of Gough Island and Inaccessible Island; and the smaller, uninhabited Nightingale Islands. As of October 2018[update], the main island has 250 permanent...
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inhospitable terrain. Inaccessible Island has been without permanent inhabitants since 1873. Along with Gough Island, Inaccessible Island is a protected wildlife...
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Tristan da Cunha–Gough Islands shrub and grasslands is a terrestrial ecoregion which covers the Tristan da Cunha archipelago and Gough Island in the South...
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remote islands in the South Atlantic. The Gough moorhen was originally endemic to Gough Island, but in 1956 was introduced to Tristan da Cunha, an island in...
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Edinburgh Peak is the highest mountain in Gough Island, South Atlantic Ocean. This 902 m (2,959 ft) high peak is the highest point of a ridge that runs...
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telegraphy, the Islands remain the second most wanted entity after North Korea, while on data they are sixth out of 340. Crozet Islands Gough Island List of Antarctic...
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and consisting of the island of Saint Helena, Ascension Island, and the archipelago of Tristan da Cunha (including Gough Island). Its name was Saint Helena...
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The 1955 Gough Island Scientific Survey was a scientific expedition undertaken in 1955 through 1956 from England to Gough Island, to study various aspects...
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Gough Island. It forms part of a wider territory called Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha which includes Saint Helena and Ascension Island...
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species; a study of Tristan albatrosses breeding on Gough Island showed that males foraged to the west of Gough and females to the east. The albatross diet is...
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This is a list of the bird species recorded on Gough Island. The avifauna of Gough Island include a total of 58 species. This list's taxonomic treatment...
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Northern rockhopper penguin (category Fauna of Gough Island)
northern rockhopper penguin found on the Kerguelen Islands showed that it may have come from Gough Island, 6,000 km away, and that the southern and northern...
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Wildlife of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha (redirect from Wildlife of Ascension Island)
grasslands, Saint Helena scrub and woodlands, and Tristan da Cunha–Gough Islands shrub and grasslands for more details of the World Wildlife Fund-designated...
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90th meridian west and the Equator, among the Galápagos Islands. The nearest land is Genovesa Island at 0°19′N 89°57′W / 0.317°N 89.950°W / 0.317; -89...
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Ascension Island (United Kingdom) Saint Helena (United Kingdom) Tristan da Cunha (United Kingdom) Gough Island (United Kingdom) Inaccessible Island (United...
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a specimen collected on Gough Island in the South Atlantic. Clarke coined the binomial name Nesospiza goughensis. The Gough finch is now the only species...
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Saint Helena Ascension Island Boatswain Bird Island Boatswain Bird Rock Tartar Rock White Rocks Tristan da Cunha Gough Island (a dependency of Tristan...
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three South African National Antarctic Programme research bases, Gough Island, Marion Island in the Southern Ocean and SANAE IV in Antarctica, as well as...
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uninhabited island territories situated close north of the Convergence, notably Auckland Islands discovered by Polynesians, Gough Island and Prince Edward...
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Subantarctic fur seal (category Fauna of Gough Island)
(Arctocephalus gazella) does. The largest known breeding colonies are on Gough Island, in the South Atlantic, and Île Amsterdam, in the southern reaches of...
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subantarctic islands Gough Island and Marion Island. These stations are managed and administered by the Directorate: Antarctic and Islands of the Department...
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may refer to: a mistaken name in some 19th-century English sources for Gough Island Diego Álvarez Chanca (c. 1463–c. 1515), doctor who accompanied Christopher...
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Great shearwater (category Fauna of Gough Island)
straight. This species breeds on Nightingale Island, Inaccessible Island, Tristan da Cunha, and Gough Island. It is one of only a few bird species to migrate...
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Elementa chemiae in Leiden. March 3 – English Captain Charles Gough rediscovers Gough Island in the South Atlantic. August – Mikhail Gvozdev with navigator...
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Saint-Paul Islands temperate grasslands Amsterdam Island, Saint-Paul Island Tristan da Cunha–Gough Islands shrub and grasslands Tristan da Cunha, Gough Island...
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Elobey Grande (category Islands of Equatorial Guinea)
Peninsula to Cape Agulhas, islands in the Bight of Biafra, Ascension Island, Saint Helena Island, Tristan da Cunha Group, and Gough Island. Volume II. Hydrographer...
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as one of the most remote islands on Earth the island is actually only 320 kilometres (200 mi) from Gough Island. The island is instead known as the most...
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Atlantic yellow-nosed albatross (category Fauna of Gough Island)
with counting of the birds on Gough Island. Also, Gough Island and Inaccessible Island are nature preserves, and Gough Island is a World Heritage Site. The...
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