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Ascension Island is an isolated volcanic island, 7°56′ south of the Equator in the South Atlantic Ocean. It is about 960 miles (1,540 km) from the coast of Africa and 1,400 miles (2,300 km) from the coast of South America .
Ascension Island has a separate country code, +247 and also has five-digit numbers on the island, having changed in 2015. [17] Ascension Island also held an extensive broadcast facility for international shortwave transmissions to Africa and South America.
Tristan da Cunha (/ ˌ t r ɪ s t ən d ə ˈ k uː n (j) ə /), colloquially Tristan, is a remote group of volcanic islands in the South Atlantic Ocean.It is one of three constituent parts of the British Overseas Territory of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, with its own constitution.
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 ...
British Virgin Islands: 5 districts Cayman Islands: 7 districts Falkland Islands Gibraltar Montserrat: 3 parishes Pitcairn Islands Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha: 3 parts of the territory: Saint Helena Ascension Island Tristan da Cunha. Saint Helena has 8 districts South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands Turks and Caicos Islands
St Helena island. Saint Helena is an island in the South Atlantic Ocean, about midway between South America and Africa.St Helena has a land area of 122 square kilometres and is part of the territory of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha which includes Ascension Island and the island group of Tristan da Cunha.
One of the most remote islands in the world, Gough Island is in the South Atlantic Ocean. While the central part of the island is a plateau, the western part has a highland with the peaks and cliffs rising over 350 metres. Gough Island is roughly rectangular with a length of 13 km (8.1 mi) and a width of 5 km (3.1 mi).
Geography of Ascension Island. Ascension Island is: an island, and a part of the British overseas territory of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha; Location: 7.56° S, 14.25° W Western Hemisphere and Southern Hemisphere; Atlantic Ocean. South Atlantic (east of Brazil, midway between South America and Africa) Time zone: Greenwich Mean Time