Edinburgh of the Seven Seas
Edinburgh of the Seven Seas is the only settlement on the island of Tristan da Cunha, which is a part of the British Overseas Territory of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha. The island is located in the South Atlantic Ocean.
Locally, the town is usually referred to as The Settlement or The Village. It was founded in 1816. In 1961, the entire population was moved to Calshot in the United Kingdom, after a volcanic eruption on Tristan da Cunha damaged most buildings in Edinburgh of the Seven Seas. The settlement was rebuilt and the people returnd in 1963.
Points of interest
- The Administration Building is the location of the Island Council.
- The Agriculture Department Warehouse.
- The Albatross Bar.
- Calshot Harbour was built in 1967.
- Camogli Hospital was built in 2017. It replaced the earlier building from 1971 that had replaced old Station Hospital from the 1940s.
- The Crayfish Canning Factory was established in 1963.
- Park 61 commemorates the 1961 volanic eruption.
- The The Potato Patches is a plain that has been used for agricultural purposes since the 1860s. There are also some camping huts in the area.
- Prince Philip Hall.
- St. Mary's Anglican Church was constructed in 1923 and renovated in 1990.
- The only school on Tristan da Cunha is St. Mary's School. It opened in 1975.
- St. Joseph Catholic Church was built between 1995 and 1996, at the location of an earlier church from 1983. It is the tallest building on Tristan da Cunha.
- The Tristan Island Store is the island's only supermarket.
- The Tristan Post Office, Tourism Centre and Café da Cunha opened in 2009.
- The Tristan Thatched House Museum.