Sandy Point, Tristan da Cunha

There is a beach of black volcanic sand fringed by low cliffs and a sloping plateau leading up to Tristan's mountainous interior.

A farm was established in the 1950s, and although attempts to grow vegetables were abandoned, the pine plantation and fruit trees of apple, pear, plum and peach make the area unique.

These "island cocks" are closely related to the extinct Tristan moorhen, and are believed by the Tristanians to eat the eggs of the Atlantic yellow-nosed albatross.

[6] The Sandy Point plantation consists mainly of introduced Monterey pines, a species of tree native to coastal California which is known for its versatile, fast-growing, medium-density softwood.

There have been efforts to eradicate invasive loganberry from Sandy Point, where it formed a dense undergrowth in the plantation, making the area unsuitable for nesting albatrosses and Atlantic petrels.