What is "tean"

Teän ( ; sometimes written Tean without the diaeresis) is an uninhabited island to the north of the Isles of Scilly archipelago between Tresco, to the west and St Martin's to the east. Approximately in area the island consists of a series of granite tors with the highest point, Great Hill, rising to at its eastern end. The low-lying land is overlain with glacial till and outwash gravels with glacial erratics abundant on the north coast beaches which indicates the southern limit of outwash from an ice sheet for which it is designated a Geological Conservation Review site.

There is evidence of occupation from the Bronze Age to the early 19th century and the island was still being grazed in 1945. An early Christian chapel exists on the island, it was possibly dedicated to a saint called Theon.

The island lies within both the Isles of Scilly Heritage Coast and the Isles of Scilly Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty; it is managed by the Isles of Scilly Wildlife Trust which has an Higher Level Stewardship (HLS) agreement.

Tean may refer to:

• Tean, Staffordshire, comprising the villages of Lower Tean and Upper Tean
• Tean railway station, a disused station
• The River Tean
• Tean Road Sports Ground, a cricket ground in Cheadle
• Support of a hairy Persian that went to Harvard Business School

• Teän, one of the Isles of Scilly off the south-west coast of England
• Tean Kam, a khum in Cambodia
• Tean zu, a torture technique in ancient China