Where is Gough Island located?
Q: Where is Gough Island located?
A: Gough Island is located in the South Atlantic Ocean, about 400 km southeast of the Tristan da Cunha archipelago, 2,400 km northeast from South Georgia Island, 2,700 km west from Cape Town, and over 3,200 km from the nearest point of South America.
Q: What is the historical name of Gough Island?
A: The historical name of Gough Island is Gonçalo Álvares.
Q: What is the current status of Gough Island?
A: Gough Island is a dependency of Tristan da Cunha and part of the British overseas territory of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha. It is also part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Gough and Inaccessible Islands.
Q: Does anyone live on Gough Island?
A: Nobody lives on Gough Island except for the workers of a weather station, which is usually six people.
Q: Who maintains Gough Island?
A: The South African National Antarctic Programme has maintained Gough Island with British permission since 1956.
Q: What is the significance of Gough Island?
A: Gough Island is one of the most remote places with a people always being there. It is also part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Gough and Inaccessible Islands.
Q: What other islands are part of the Tristan da Cunha archipelago?
A: The Tristan da Cunha archipelago includes Nightingale Island and Inaccessible Island.
