Gough Island

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Gough Island is a remote, uninhabited volcanic island in the South Atlantic Ocean, renowned for its rugged terrain and globally important seabird colonies.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Important Bird Area ⓘ
UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
subantarctic island ⓘ
volcanic island ⓘ
access only by ship ⓘ
area approximately 65 square kilometres ⓘ
breedingSiteFor Atlantic petrel ⓘ
Gough bunting ⓘ
Gough moorhen ⓘ
Tristan albatross ⓘ
great shearwater ⓘ
northern rockhopper penguin ⓘ
linked to: Eudyptes

sooty albatross ⓘ
climate cool oceanic climate ⓘ
wet and windy ⓘ
conservationAction rodent eradication planning ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
discoveredBy Portuguese sailors ⓘ
discoveryCentury 16th century ⓘ
distanceTo about 350 km southeast of Tristan da Cunha ⓘ
over 2,000 km from the nearest continent ⓘ
elevationMax approximately 910 metres ⓘ
endemicSpecies Gough bunting ⓘ
Gough moorhen ⓘ
hasFeature coastal cliffs ⓘ
mountainous interior ⓘ
peat bogs ⓘ
steep cliffs ⓘ
tussock grasslands ⓘ
hasPermanentCivilianPopulation false ⓘ
hasResearchStation true ⓘ
hasStatus nature reserve ⓘ
highestPoint Edinburgh Peak ⓘ
importantFor albatross conservation ⓘ
seabird breeding ⓘ
locatedIn South Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
linked to: South Atlantic

South Temperate Zone ⓘ
Southern Hemisphere ⓘ
namedAfter Charles Gough ⓘ
origin volcanic ⓘ
partOf British Overseas Territory of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha ⓘ
Tristan da Cunha ⓘ
permanentHarbour false ⓘ
protectedAs Gough and Inaccessible Islands World Heritage Site ⓘ
linked to: Gough Island
recognizedFor globally important seabird colonies ⓘ
pristine subantarctic ecosystem ⓘ
researchStationOperatedBy South African National Antarctic Programme ⓘ
sovereignState United Kingdom ⓘ
terrain rugged ⓘ
threatenedBy invasive house mice ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageDesignationYear 1995 ⓘ
uninhabited true ⓘ
usedFor conservation research ⓘ
meteorological observations ⓘ
seabird research ⓘ

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Michael Gough → familyName → Gough ⓘ
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Gough Island → protectedAs → Gough and Inaccessible Islands World Heritage Site ⓘ
linked to: Gough Island
Inaccessible Island → UNESCOWorldHeritageListing → Gough and Inaccessible Islands ⓘ
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World Heritage Sites in Africa → hasComponentSite → Gough and Inaccessible Islands ⓘ
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Goff → hasVariant → Gough ⓘ
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Rowettia goughensis → endemicTo → Gough Island ⓘ
Rowettia goughensis → nativeRange → Gough Island ⓘ
Rowettia goughensis → breedingRange → Gough Island ⓘ
World Heritage Sites in the United Kingdom → containsSite → Gough and Inaccessible Islands ⓘ
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World Heritage Sites in the United Kingdom → containsOverseasTerritorySite → Gough and Inaccessible Islands ⓘ
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South African National Antarctic Programme → supportsStation → Gough Island research station ⓘ
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Edinburgh Peak → locatedIn → Gough Island ⓘ
Edinburgh Peak → mountainRange → Gough Island central highlands ⓘ
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Edinburgh Peak → island → Gough Island ⓘ
Edinburgh Peak → UNESCOWorldHeritageSite → Gough and Inaccessible Islands ⓘ
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Edinburgh Peak → locatedNear → Gough Island meteorological station ⓘ
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Tristan albatross → breedsOn → Gough Island ⓘ
Atlantic petrel → breedingRange → Gough Island ⓘ
great shearwater → breedsIn → Gough Island ⓘ
Gough moorhen → endemicTo → Gough Island ⓘ
Gough moorhen → breedingRange → Gough Island ⓘ
Gough moorhen → foundOn → Gough Island Wildlife Reserve ⓘ
linked to: Gough Island
Gough bunting → endemicTo → Gough Island ⓘ
Gough bunting → breedingRange → Gough Island ⓘ
Phoebetria fusca → breedsOn → Gough Island ⓘ