Gough Island: Ship Cruising Around the Island
Gough Island is the middle of nowhere in the Atlantic Ocean, 2,400 km (1,500 mi) north-east from South Georgia and 400 km (250 mi) south-east of Tristan da Cunha. The island is uninhabited except for a weather station and is off limits for landing being a UNESCO World Heritage for the massive bird and animal colonies on the island. The island was discovered in 1505 by the Portuguese explorer Goncalo Alvarez and to this day is known as Goncalo Alvarez Island in Portuguese and Spanish maps. With the ship, we circumnavigated the entire island looking for a calm harbor to do a zodiac exploration up close – rugged green mountains with inhospitable vertical cliffs and no beach.
