Edinburgh of the Seven Seas is the main settlement of the island of Tristan da Cunha, a territory of the United Kingdom in the South Atlantic Ocean and administered as a dependency of Saint Helena. It is named after Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh ^{[citation needed]}, the second son of Queen Victoria. Locally it is always referred to as The Settlement. Motto: Our faith is our strength Anthem: God Save the Queen Capital Edinburgh of the Seven Seas Status Dependency of Saint Helena Official language(s) English Governor Michael Clancy Administrator Mike Hentley Area 201 km² Population ~280 Currency Saint Helenian pound (SHP) at parity with the UK Pound Sterling (GBP... For other uses, see Atlantic (disambiguation) The Atlantic Ocean is Earths second-largest ocean, covering approximately one-fifth of its surface. ... Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and Duke of Edinburgh (6 August 1844- 30 July 1900), was the second son and fourth child of Queen Victoria and her husband, Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. ... Victoria Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Empress of India Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria) (24 May 1819–22 January 1901) was a Queen of the United Kingdom, reigning from 20 June 1837 until her death. ...

The settlement was founded on Tristan in the 1815 after the UK annexed Tristan da Cunha. A military garrison was maintained on the Islands as a guard against any French attempts to rescue Napoleon, imprisoned on Saint Helena. The military garrison remained until the end of World War II. April 5-12: Mount Tambora explodes, changing climate. ... For other uses, see Napoleon (disambiguation). ... Combatants Major Allied powers: United Kingdom France Soviet Union United States Republic of China and others Major Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Winston Churchill Charles de Gaulle Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Chiang Kai-Shek Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tojo Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian...

Edinburgh is the only major settlement of Tristan, and contains a small port, the Administrator's residence, and the Post Office. It was badly damaged in a volcanic eruption on the Island in 1961 which forced the entire population to abandon the Settlement and move to the UK. The few that stayed in Edinburgh of the Seven Seas thought up an ingenious system to set up hoses that would automatically spray water on the lava, to cool the lava at the front, and send the rest behind it to change course or to freeze. The eruption destroyed Edinburgh's crawfish factory, and pirates looted the abandoned buildings. 1961 (MCMLXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1961 calendar). ... Binomial name Jasus tristani Holthuis, 1963 The Tristan rock lobster, Jasus tristani, is a species of rock lobster endemic to the Tristan da Cunha archipelago and Vema Seamount, 1,680 km north-east of Tristan [1]. It is very closely related to and these two may represent a single species...

After the return of most of the Islanders in 1963, the Settlement was rebuilt.

Edinburgh of the Seven Seas is regarded as the most remote settlement in the world, being over 1,850 miles from the nearest human settlement in Saint Helena.

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• Description of the settlement