Tristan da Cunha, a group of volcanic islands in the South Atlantic Ocean, is the most isolated inhabited archipelago on the planet, making its 242 residents quite self-sufficent.

Tristan da Cunha, or Tristan for short, comprises six volcanic islands that sit 1,500 miles (2,400 kilometers) southwest of St. Helena island, another British outpost in the Atlantic.

Tristan da Cunha is an active volcanic island. The last time it erupted was in 1961, which forced islanders to evacuate to England, according to the website of the Tristan da Cunha Government and ...

When a long-dormant volcano spewed molten rock over their windswept Atlantic island in October 1961, the 260 inhabitants of Tristan da Cunha were rescued and brought to never-had-it-so-good Britain.

Tristan da Cunha is a group of islands in the South Atlantic that formed from the breakup of the supercontinent Gondwana. Today, it's home to a tiny and extremely isolated farming community.