Gough Island—A Possible Sanctuary

• Published in: Oryx
• Main Author: Holdgate, M. W.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1957
• Subjects: Nature and Landscape Conservation; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Tristan; Gough; Four Islands; Inaccessible Islands
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0030605300039508; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0030605300039508

The Tristan da Cunha group includes four islands; Tristan itself with its near neighbours Nightingale and Inaccessible, and Gough Island which lies 230 miles to the S.S.E. The group was discovered by Portuguese seamen in the early sixteenth century, but permanent occupation did not begin until 1810,...