Show tristan da cunha lonely isle in the south atlantic the loneliest place in the british empire is tristan da cunha the largest only inhabited island of a group ot of three situated in the middle of the south atlantic ocean and named for a portuguese admiral tristan da cunha who discovered these rocks in the sea in 1506 there is but the barest means of sustenance on the island fertile soil is ii scant being continually washed away by rains and rodents poach upon the carefully tended jar gardens the fish ash supply is plentiful except in stormy weather when it is dangerous to venture out on the rolling sea Tri tristan standa da cunha cicha is an extinct volcano the crater of which is filled with fresh water the nearest land is st helena where napoleon died 1320 miles away to the north with cape town 1400 miles to the east |