Georgetown
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.
- Town with about 480 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 70 feet (20 metres)
- …has the IATA airport code ASI
- …is also known as “Georgetown, Ascension Island”
- Description: capital municipality of Ascension Island
Places of Interest
Highlights include Government House and St. Mary’s Church (Ascension).
Government House
Government office
Government House is a government office.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Two Boats.
Georgetown
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Latitude
-7.92897° or 7° 55′ 44″ south
Longitude
-14.4134° or 14° 24′ 48″ west
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Georgetown” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Georgetown, Ascension”
- Afrikaans: “Georgetown”
- Amharic: “ጆርጅታውን”
- Arabic: “جورج تاون، جزيرة أسينشين”
- Arabic: “جورج تاون”
- Armenian: “Ջորջթաուն, Համբարձման կղզի”
- Armenian: “Ջորջթաուն”
- Asturian: “Georgetown”
- Azerbaijani: “Corctaun”
- Basque: “Georgetown”
- Bengali: “জর্জটাউন”
- Bosnian: “Georgetown”
- Bulgarian: “Джорджтаун (Възнесение)”
- Bulgarian: “Джорджтаун”
- Catalan: “Georgetown”
- Cebuano: “Georgetown (kapital sa administratibong yunit sa Saint Helena)”
- Cebuano: “Georgetown”
- Chinese: “乔治敦”
- Chinese: “喬治敦”
- Dutch: “Georgetown”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جورج تاون”
- French: “Georgetown”
- Galician: “Georgetown, Ascensión”
- Galician: “Georgetown”
- German: “Georgetown”
- Greek: “Τζορτζτάουν”
- Greek: “Τζώρτζτάουν”
- Hausa: “Georgetown”
- Hebrew: “ג’ורג’טאון (אסנשן)”
- Hebrew: “ג’ורג’טאון”
- Hindi: “जॉर्जटाउन”
- Indonesian: “Georgetown, Ascension”
- Indonesian: “Georgetown”
- Irish: “Georgetown”
- Italian: “Georgetown”
- Japanese: “ジョージタウン”
- Javanese: “Georgetown”
- Kazakh: “Джорджтаун”
- Kirghiz: “Джорджтаун”
- Korean: “조지타운”
- Latvian: “Džordžtauna”
- Ligurian: “Georgetown (Ascension)”
- Ligurian: “Georgetown”
- Lithuanian: “Džordžtaunas”
- Malay: “Georgetown”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Georgetown”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Georgetown på Ascension”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Georgetown”
- Norwegian: “Georgetown”
- Oromo: “Georgetown”
- Panjabi: “ਜਾਰਜ ਟਾਊਨ”
- Persian: “جرجتاون، اسنشن آیلند”
- Persian: “جورجتاون”
- Polish: “Georgetown”
- Portuguese: “Georgetown”
- Pushto: “جارج ټاون”
- Romanian: “Georgetown, Ascension”
- Romanian: “Georgetown”
- Russian: “Джорджтаун”
- Serbian: “Džordžtaun”
- Serbian: “Џорџтаун”
- Shona: “Georgetown”
- Slovak: “Georgetown”
- Somali: “Georgetown”
- Spanish: “Georgetown”
- Swahili: “Georgetown”
- Swedish: “Georgetown, Ascension”
- Swedish: “Georgetown”
- Tajik: “Джорджтаун”
- Tamil: “ஜார்ஜ் டவுன், அசென்சன் தீவு”
- Tamil: “ஜார்ஜ் டவுன்”
- Tatar: “Джорджтаун”
- Thai: “จอร์จทาวน์”
- Turkish: “Georgetown, Ascension Adası”
- Turkish: “Georgetown”
- Ukrainian: “Джорджтаун”
- Urdu: “جارج ٹاؤن، جزیرہ اسینشن”
- Uzbek: “Jorjtown”
- Vietnamese: “Georgetown, đảo Ascension”
- Waray (Philippines): “Georgetown, Puro han Ascension”
- Western Panjabi: “جارج ٹاؤن، جزیرہ اسینشن”
- Wu Chinese: “喬治敦（阿森松島）”
- Wu Chinese: “喬治敦”
- Yue Chinese: “佐治城”
Places with the Same Name
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Catherine Point Petroleum Storage Depot and Infrasound Station IS50 site L2.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Ascension Island Museum and Georgetown Hospital.
Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha: Highlights
Learn more about Tristan da Cunha and Saint Helena.
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