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 da Cunha and part of the British overseas territory of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha. It is approximately 400 km (250 mi) south-east of the Tristan da Cunha archipelago (which includes Nightingale Island and Inaccessible Island), 2,400 km (1,500 mi) north-east from South Georgia Island, 2,700 km (1,700 mi) west from Cape Town, and over 3,200 km (2,000 mi) from the nearest point of South America.
Gough Island is uninhabited, except for the personnel of a weather station (usually six people) that the South African National Antarctic Programme has maintained, with British permission, continually on the island since 1956. It is one of the most remote places with a constant human presence. It is part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site of "Gough and Inaccessible Island". It is one of the most important seabird colonies in the world.[2][3][4]
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^Caravaggi, A., Cuthbert, R. J., Ryan, P. G., Cooper, J., & Bond, A. L. (2019). The impacts of introduced House Mice on the breeding success of nesting seabirds on Gough Island. Ibis, 161(3), 648-661.
GoughIsland (/ɡɒf/ GOF), also known historically as Gonçalo Álvares, is a rugged volcanic island in the South Atlantic Ocean. It is a dependency of Tristan...
inhospitable terrain. Inaccessible Island has been without permanent inhabitants since 1873. Along with GoughIsland, Inaccessible Island is a protected wildlife...
reserves of GoughIsland and Inaccessible Island; and the smaller, uninhabited Nightingale Islands. As of October 2018[update], the main island has 250 permanent...
Antarctica, 1,900 km (1,200 mi) east of the South Sandwich Islands, 1,845 km (1,146 mi) south of GoughIsland, and 2,600 km (1,600 mi) south-southwest of the coast...
remote islands in the South Atlantic. The Gough moorhen was originally endemic to GoughIsland, but in 1956 was introduced to Tristan da Cunha, an island in...
telegraphy, the Islands remain the second most wanted entity after North Korea, while on data they are sixth out of 340. Crozet IslandsGoughIsland List of Antarctic...
a specimen collected on GoughIsland in the South Atlantic. Clarke coined the binomial name Nesospiza goughensis. The Gough finch is now the only species...
species; a study of Tristan albatrosses breeding on GoughIsland showed that males foraged to the west of Gough and females to the east. The albatross diet is...
GoughIsland. It forms part of a wider territory called Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha which includes Saint Helena and Ascension Island...
This is a list of the bird species recorded on GoughIsland. The avifauna of GoughIsland include a total of 58 species. This list's taxonomic treatment...
Ascension Island (United Kingdom) Saint Helena (United Kingdom) Tristan da Cunha (United Kingdom) GoughIsland (United Kingdom) Inaccessible Island (United...
Sandwich Islands Candlemas Islands Central Islands Southern Thule Traversay Islands Tristan da Cunha is a dependency of Saint Helena. GoughIsland (a dependency...
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...
found on the UNESCO World Heritage Site of GoughIsland, where it is an introduced species. Given the island's remoteness, seeds were most likely introduced...
northern rockhopper penguin found on the Kerguelen Islands showed that it may have come from GoughIsland, 6,000 km away, and that the southern and northern...
Edinburgh Peak is the highest mountain in GoughIsland, South Atlantic Ocean. This 902 m (2,959 ft) high peak is the highest point of a ridge that runs...
(United Kingdom) Ascension Island Saint Helena Tristan da Cunha GoughIsland South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (Administered by the United...
straight. This species breeds on Nightingale Island, Inaccessible Island, Tristan da Cunha, and GoughIsland. It is one of only a few bird species to migrate...
Saint-Paul Islands temperate grasslands Amsterdam Island, Saint-Paul Island Tristan da Cunha–GoughIslands shrub and grasslands Tristan da Cunha, GoughIsland...
subantarctic islandsGoughIsland and Marion Island. These stations are managed and administered by the Directorate: Antarctic and Islands of the Department...
interpreted. If the south Atlantic island Tristan da Cunha (population about 300) and its dependency GoughIsland (with a small staffed research post)...
Inaccessible Island Nightingale Islands Nightingale Island Middle Island Stoltenhoff IslandGoughIsland Sedudu Kubu Island Lekhubu Island Madinari Island Idjwi...
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