Talk:Inaccessible Island

Latest comment: 4 years ago by 46.114.36.195 in topic Numbers Problem

Species edit

The following paragraph appears in the article:

In addition, 64 native plant species and 48 native invertebrate species have been introduced to the island, some of which were introduced.

Are they native - or have they been introduced?

From [1]: "There are 64 native plant species including 20 endemic flowering plants and 17 endemic ferns.... There are 48 native invertebrate species, 10 of which were introduced to the island." The part about the invertebrates is still somewhat confusing to me, though... --Idont Havaname 02:25, 25 September 2005 (UTC)Reply

Why? edit

Nothing is said in the article about why the interior is so difficult to reach. Is it the terrain, or is it heavily forested, or what? Rojomoke 11:51, 16 April 2007 (UTC)Reply

"Yeast and possum farm"? edit

I'm assuming this is some kind of vandalism, but going back through previous edits, it's been there a while, evolving from just 'a farm' to 'a yeast and bear farm', and now 'a yeast and possum farm'. Any ideas..? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 77.97.113.168 (talk) 04:46, 28 January 2008 (UTC)Reply

Yes, it looked vandalistic. I removed it. Sabine's Sunbird talk 22:20, 16 April 2008 (UTC)Reply

Move edit

I moved this page back to Inaccessible Island from Inaccessible Island, Tristan da Cunha as it is the main meaning of the name. and the others are scatterings of Antarctic rocks. the dab page is now at Inaccessible Island (disambiguation). Sabine's Sunbird talk 22:20, 16 April 2008 (UTC)Reply

Requested move edit

The following discussion is an archived discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.

The result of the move request was: page moved - reverting unexplained, incorrect move. ukexpat (talk) 01:25, 3 February 2012 (UTC)Reply


Inaccessible islandInaccessible Island – The page was moved here to a form with "island" in lower case. That was incorrect - Inaccessible Island is its proper name. Ghmyrtle (talk) 12:00, 2 February 2012 (UTC)Reply

I agree. I don't understand why the person moved it to "island". Please can someone change it back? David (talk) 13:07, 2 February 2012 (UTC)Reply
Probably incompetence or vandalism. The user who did it doesn't seem to have a good track record. Ghmyrtle (talk) 13:46, 2 February 2012 (UTC)Reply
Yes I thought that at the time. David (talk) 14:02, 2 February 2012 (UTC)Reply
The above discussion is preserved as an archive of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.


To WikiProject World Heritage Sites edit

Please see Talk on Gough Island as I've move the UNESCO WHS stuff to the Gough and Inaccessible Islands page.Pingu7931 (talk) 21:55, 13 February 2014 (UTC)Reply

House / structure on the island? edit

In the Google Maps satellite imagery of Inaccessible Island, a structure can be seen in the northwest section of the island. Someone has also uploaded a photo of the structure (taken from a boat) to Google Maps, and an "unnamed road" leads from it to the shore which is labeled as "Port?". It would be interesting to include in the article what this "only structure on the island" is - It's too modern to have anything to do with the Glass Family or the Stoltenhoff's, but maybe the 1982 Denstone College (or other) research? Or a "port" / storage building built by Tristan Islanders? BluDevil90 (talk) 08:02, 7 December 2015 (UTC)Reply

Numbers Problem edit

In Shipwrecks: "All but two of those aboard survived the shipwreck." and "The first attempt to sail to Tristan failed, resulting in the loss of six people;" Where did the additional 4 people, plus those that waged the second attempt, come from? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 46.114.36.195 (talk) 04:21, 6 September 2019 (UTC)Reply