That is fitting, for this island, ten and a half miles [17 km] long and six and a half miles [10 km] wide, is 1,200 miles [1,950 km] from the nearest land, the southwest coast of Africa.
और ऐसा कहना भी सही है क्योंकि यह टापू सिर्फ १७ किलोमीटर लंबा और १० किलोमीटर चौड़ा है ।