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The location of Ascension Island An enlargeable map of Ascension Island. The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Ascension Island: . Ascension Island – island in the South Atlantic Ocean, around 966 miles (1,600 km) from the coast of Africa.
Attention has long been drawn to the confusion between Ascension and Trindade, Ascenção menor [Ascension Minor] being granted to a nobleman, Belchior Camacho in 1539 by King João III of Portugal [22] and British Admiralty maps showing a mythical Ascension Island at a location between Trindade and Brazil as late as 1808.
Ascension Island: Dark Slope Crater: 234 metres (768 ft) Ascension Island: Broken Tooth: 228 metres (748 ft) Ascension Island ("East Crater") South Gannet Hill: 228 metres (748 ft) Ascension Island: Goat Pound Ridge: 227 metres (745 ft) Saint Helena: Richmond Hill: 210 metres (690 ft) Gough Island: SE of the island, near the Meteorological ...
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The St Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha Constitution Order 2009 (an Order in Council of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom) enacted a new constitution for the territory, which came into effect on 1 September 2009, and elevated Ascension Island and Tristan da Cunha from being dependencies of Saint Helena to equal constituent parts.
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Saint Helena, named after St Helena of Constantinople, is an island of volcanic origin in the South Atlantic Ocean. It is part of the British overseas territory of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha [1] which also includes Ascension Island and the islands of Tristan da Cunha. Saint Helena measures about 16 by 8 kilometres (10 by 5 mi ...
Map of Ascension Island. Ascension is 97 km. 2 The island lies in the South Atlantic Ocean near the equator, 1700 km off the coast of Africa. The island is about a million years old and is volcanic in origin. [1] Volcanic activity occurred as recently as 1000 years ago. Most of the island is covered with young volcanic soils, including lava ...