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Potatoes

Apparently this place is famous for its potatoes, the finest in the world- someone please elaborate on this (I heard a potato expert raving about them on NPR)

I have added an external link (BBC-"Wallowing off the coast of Tristan") but it does have some new information and could be used as a citation for several new "revelations". Concerning potatoes, it says that "Sixty years ago all their business was conducted by barter (to send a letter to England cost five potatoes)." - I have left it to someone else to phrase this appropriately under "Economy". Ibjle (talk) 15:09, 21 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Shouldn't something be said about the novel by Raoul Schrott?

Depends what the novel is and what relation it has to the island. Feel free to add something if you feel it's relevant. Worldtraveller 22:49, 2 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

"Tristan da Cunha. Oder Die Hälfte der Erde" is quite an amazin novel and tells alot about the island. But, as far as I can tell, it has never been translated to English. So it is probably not that interesting for readers of the English Wikipedia. 84.137.78.41 21:41, 13 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Flora and fauna

Surprised that there is so little on the flora and fauna of the islands. Considering how remote they are, with a mild climate, I would expect them to have some very unusual birds at least.

Area figure

Is it just me, or is the conversion between the figures for square miles and square kilometers not even close to correct? My calculator tells me that 120.9 mi² is equal to 313.1 km². Am I crazy? Is my calculator broken?

Allan Crawford

Interesting obituary of Allan Crawford in today's Daily Telegraph. He had a long association with Tristan da Cunha so perhaps some be incorporated into the article about the island? --jmb 11:54, 12 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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Virus Outbreak

I just read there's a virus outbreak on the island, causing severe breathing problems. Anybody know any details? http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7126563.stm -OOPSIE- 11:20, 4 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Mobile phone network

What mobile phone network do they use, and what about internet access? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.20.171.109 (talk) 21:28, 4 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I don't know if there is a mobile phone network there. For internet they are likely to use fixed VSAT or BGAN terminals. Any mobile phone network will have backhaul via satellite since there is no submarine cable. Iridium (satellite) phones should work there but I have no idea what phones they actually use.

Recent distance change

An IP user changed the number of miles Tristan is from other islands, I am inclined to think its vandalism but couldn't find any reliable information on google about how far it actually is. So i'm leaving it alone for now Towel401 (talk) 12:59, 24 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

People?

Who are the peoples who inhabit the island? The demographics section isn't very clear. Ethnically British or some kind of native people? - Yorkshirian (talk) 18:10, 25 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

No native people. Joao pais 02:33, 9 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Dependency

Is Tristan da Cunha a "dependency of a dependency"? Joao pais 02:34, 9 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Yes and Gough Island is a dependency of a dependency of a dependency(!). "Top level" dependencies were renamed in 2002 as British overseas territories though. Christopedia (talk) 05:18, 12 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Part of South America or Africa?

These island are part of South America or Africa continents?Agre22 (talk) 15:19, 13 September 2008 (UTC)agre22[reply]

It is located slighter closer to the African mainland and is considered part of Africa. Christopedia (talk) 05:19, 12 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I'm surprised ...

Aren't those islanders worried about any volcanic eruptions? I can truly say these islanders are some of the bravest people on Earth in order to be so far away from civilization, and if that volcano erupts, well I guess they're just in trouble. The island's website has pretty decent information on the island. Lucky for me though, a majority of Tristaners may have Italian ancestry, and also a lot of the population is Roman Catholic. I hope they at least do something to modernize the island from the Ice Age (literally!) into the Internet Age. Saluti, Il Studioso 01:28, 28 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Asthma

Just watching a documentary about asthma and the canadian doctor that studied the Asthma on the island said that 3 of original women had indeed asthma, but apparently also the two italians that shipwrecked there. And he also said that half of original population thus had astma. The demographics section gives a different picture with 15 ancestors and only 3 with asthma. Just though I'd mention this here. It's a bbc documentary aired here in Finland under a different title, could be Horizon. Kynde (talk) 21:00, 27 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]