Green Mountain
Green Mountain is a common name for "The Peak", the highest point and a stratovolcano on Ascension Island, which has gained some fame for claims that it is one of very few large-scale artificial forests. Green Mountain is ranked 38th by topographic isolation.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: LordHarris, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 2,818 feet
- Description: highest point on Ascension Island
- Also known as: “The Peak”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Green Mountain National Park and RAF Travellers Hill.
Green Mountain National Park
Nature reserve
Photo: LordHarris, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Green Mountain National Park is a nature reserve.
RAF Travellers Hill
Military installation
RAF Travellers Hill, originally known as Travellers Hill Camp, is a small military village of the British Armed Forces, located near Two Boats on Ascension Island, a British Overseas Territory.
Two Boats School
School
Two Boats School is in Two Boats Village on Ascension Island. It is part of the Ascension Island Government and provides education to all children living on the island from Foundation Stage to Year 11. There are currently 100 children and 21 staff.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Two Boats and Georgetown.
Two Boats
Village
Photo: Drew Avery, CC BY 2.0.
Two Boats, also known as Two Boats Village, is a village at the foot of Green Mountain on Ascension Island. Founded in the early 19th century, it was a originally a resting point for sailors who sought to ascend the mountain.
Georgetown
Town
Photo: LordHarris, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Georgetown is the capital and chief settlement of Ascension Island, in the British Overseas Territory of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, situated on the west coast of the island. Georgetown is situated 5 miles west of Green Mountain.
Green Mountain
- Categories: mountain, forest, and landform
- Location: Ascension, Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, Africa
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-7.95144° or 7° 57′ 5″ southLongitude
-14.34287° or 14° 20′ 34″ westElevation
2,818 feet (859 metres)Open location code
6C472MX4+CVOpenStreetMap ID
node 340032861OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Tagalog—“Green Mountain” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “The Peak”
- Chinese: “綠山”
- Chinese: “绿山”
- Czech: “Green Mountain”
- Dutch: “Green Mountain”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل جرين”
- French: “Green Mountain”
- German: “Green Mountain”
- Japanese: “グリーンマウンテン”
- Japanese: “グリーン山”
- Ladin: “Green Mountain (Ascension)”
- Ladin: “Green Mountain”
- Latvian: “Grīnmauntins”
- Lithuanian: “Žaliasis kalnas”
- Polish: “Green Mountain”
- Portuguese: “Montanha Green”
- Russian: “Грин-Маунтин”
- Russian: “Пик Грин (остров Вознесения)”
- Spanish: “Green Mountain”
- Swedish: “Green Mountain, Ascension”
- Swedish: “Green Mountain”
- Tagalog: “Green Mountain”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Green Mountain and Old Royal Marine Barracks.
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