Gough and Inaccessible Islands

World Heritage
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
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Located in the South Atlantic, the site is one of the least disturbed island and marine ecosystems in the cold temperate zone. The spectacular cliffs of Gough and Inaxesible Islands rise above the sea, are free of introduced mammals and are home to one of the largest seabird colonies in the world. Gough Island has two endemic land birds, the waterhen and the Gough Island rowetti, and 12 endemic plant species, while Inaxesible Island has two bird species, eight plant species, and at least 10 endemic invertebrate species.

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The fern Blechnum and tree Phylica on Gough Island

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A male Gough Bunting on the island

Map of Gough island

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East coast of Gough Island with 115 m (377 ft) high Penguin Islet lying 0.8 km (0.5 mi) off the poi...

View of Gough Island

Elephant seal at Gough Island depicted on a 1954 Tristan da Cunha stamp

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image http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Gough%20island%20top%20view.png
instance of island
locator map image http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/LocationGough.PNG
executive body Gough Island
office held by head of the organization http://g.co/kg/m/049ddt
Commons category Gough Island
located in time zone UTC±00:00
coordinate location Point(-9.916666666 -40.316666666)
point in time 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z
native label Gough Island
length 13
elevation above sea level 910
area 91
width 7
geography of topic geography of Gough Island

population 6
point in time 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z
heritage designation Category:Views of Pienza
start time 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z