Tristan High Coast

Southwest of Tristan da Cunha lie Inaccessible and Nightingale, two smaller islands amid the South Atlantic swell. In January 1656 the Dutch galiot 't Nachtglas visited both during an expedition from the Cape. Its crew landed on Inaccessible and called it Nachtglas Island, while Nightingale received the name Broken Island; the expedition judged the waters around Tristan dangerous for shipping.