Stoltenhoff Island

Stoltenhoff Island

Location of Stoltenhoff Island in the Atlantic Ocean

Map of Tristan da Cunha, showing Stoltenhoff Island

Stoltenhoff Island is a small uninhabited island in the South Atlantic Ocean, part of the Nightingale Islands. It is the smallest of the Nightingale Islands, and is to the north west of Nightingale Island itself. They are governed as part of Tristan da Cunha, an archipelago and part of the British overseas territory of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha.

This island is named after the two brothers Gustav and Friedrich Stoltenhoff who tried to settle on the nearby Inaccessible Island. But their attempt was abandoned after two difficult years.

See also

• Coins of Stoltenhoff Island (a legal tender coinage that caused controversy after being struck at The Commonwealth Mint in England and declared legal tender by the Government of Tristan da Cunha).

External links

• Photograph of Stoltenhoff Island