Nearest Island to Tristan Da Cunha

Tristan da Cunha is the remotest group of islands in the world. As such, there are no islands ‘nearby’ Tristan Da Cunha. A quick search on Google Maps shows this:

The green arrow is where Tristan Da Cunha is located in relation to South America (to the arrow’s left) and South Africa (to the arrow’s right).

There are a few land masses nearer to Tristan Da Cunha than South Ameria and Africa, but many are uninhabited.

Currently the only method of travelling to Tristan Da Cunha is by taking a boat from Cape Town, South Africa – this is one of Tristan’s ‘nearby’ locations. Saint Helena (north of Tristan) is also relatively nearby, as is ‘South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands’ and ‘Bouvet Island’ to its south. These locations can be seen in the image below: