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  2. Saint Helena - Wikipedia

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    João da Nova, a Galician navigator serving the Portuguese Empire, was the first person to sight Saint Helena.. According to long-established tradition, the island was sighted on 21 May 1502 by the four ships of the 3rd Portuguese Armada, commanded by João da Nova, a Galician navigator in the service of Portugal, during his return voyage to Lisbon, who named it Santa Helena after Saint Helena ...

  3. Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha - Wikipedia

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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.

  4. Inaccessible Island - Wikipedia

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    Inaccessible Island is a volcanic island located in the South Atlantic Ocean, 31 km (19 mi) south-west of Tristan da Cunha. Its highest point, Swale's Fell, reaches 581 m (1,906 ft), and the island is 12.65 km 2 (4.88 sq mi) in area. The volcano was last active approximately one million years ago and is now extinct. [2]

  5. St Helena Island National Park - Wikipedia

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    St Helena Island is a heritage-listed island in Moreton Bay, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. [1] It is 21 kilometres (13 mi) east of Brisbane and 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) east of the mouth of the Brisbane River .

  6. St. Helena Island dock extension improves lighthouse access - AOL

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    The extension, made possible with a $19,550 grant from Enbridge, allows larger vessels and boats of all sizes to dock at St. Helena Island.

  7. This Animal is Older Than Morse Code and Still Going Strong

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    The tortoises on St. Helena Island are free to graze on grass each day. They are also given supplemental fruit and vegetables and get their water from a trough in the lawn. ... 29 photos that ...

  8. Saint Helena Airport - Wikipedia

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    It refueled in Moçâmedes (Angola) when going to St Helena and in Windhoek when going to Cape Town. [83] [84] Technical problems with RMS St Helena meant that the island was isolated for at least two months, so the flight was needed. [85] On 9 June 2017 Airlink won the bid to operate the first scheduled commercial flights to St Helena Airport ...

  9. Napoleon I's exile to St. Helena - Wikipedia

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    Napoleon surrendering to the English and boarding one of their ships. Bonaparte's arrival on Saint Helena Island, engraving by Louis-Yves Queverdo [].. Following his abdication on June 22, 1815, Napoleon proceeded to the Atlantic coast, where the French government, under the leadership of Fouché, had arranged for two frigates to facilitate his departure for America.

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