Gough and Inaccessible Islands

Gough and Inaccessible Islands are a World Heritage Site of the United Kingdom located in the South Atlantic Ocean. Their significance lies in their being the least-disrupted islands and marine ecosystems in the cool temperate zone.

Gough Island, also known as Gonçalo Álvares, is a volcanic island. It is part of the British overseas territory of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha. Except for the six people manning the weather station, it is uninhabited. The Inaccessible Island is an islet created by an extinct volcano within the vicinity of Gough Island. Together with Gough, Inaccessible Island is the home to many distinctive wildlife, including the world's largest colonies of sea birds. Endemic to Inaccessible Island is the Inaccessible Island Rail, the smallest extant flightless bird in the world.

Gough Island
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gough_island_top_view.png
Author: Steven Chown


Gough and Inaccessible Islands was inscribed as a World Heritage Site during the 19th session of the World Heritage Committee held in Berlin, Germany, on 4 - 9 December, 1995.

World Heritage Site Inscription Details

Location: S 40 19 29.0 W 9 55 43.0
Inscription Year: 1995
Type: Natural
Inscription Criteria: VII, X

 Latest updates on Penang Travel Tips

Map of Roads in Penang

Looking for information on Penang? Use this Map of Roads in Penang to zoom in on information about Penang, brought to you road by road.

About this website

Dear visitor, thank you so much for reading this page. My name is Timothy Tye and my hobby is to find out about places, write about them and share the information with you on this website. I have been writing this site since 5 January 2003. Originally (from 2003 until 2009, the site was called AsiaExplorers. I changed the name to Penang Travel Tips in 2009, even though I describe more than just Penang but everywhere I go (I often need to tell people that "Penang Travel Tips" is not just information about Penang, but information written in Penang), especially places in Malaysia and Singapore, and in all the years since 2003, I have described over 20,000 places.

While I try my best to provide you information as accurate as I can get it to be, I do apologize for any errors and for outdated information which I am unaware. Nevertheless, I hope that what I have described here will be useful to you.