Ascension Island
Ascension Island is an island in Ascension, Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha. Ascension Island is situated near the locality Traveller’s Hill Royal Air Force Base, as well as near the village Two Boats.- Island
- …lies at an elevation of 1,132 feet (345 metres)
- …is also known as “Island of Ascension”
Places of Interest
Highlights include RAF Travellers Hill and Green Mountain.
RAF Travellers Hill
Military installation
RAF Travellers Hill, originally known as Travellers…
Green Mountain
Peak
Green Mountain, or The Peak, is a stratovolcano on Ascension Island. Green Mountain is situated 1½ miles east of Ascension Island.
Two Boats School
School
Two Boats School is the only school on Ascension Island, located in Two Boats Village.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Two Boats and Georgetown.
Georgetown
Town
Georgetown is the capital and chief settlement… Georgetown is situated 3½ miles northwest of Ascension Island.
Ascension Island
- Category: landform
- Location
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Latitude
-7.95° or 7° 57′ south
Longitude
-14.36667° or 14° 22′ west
Open location code
6C472JXM+X8
GeoNames ID
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Welsh—“Ascension Island” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Islla Ascensión”
- Basque: “Ascension Uhartea”
- Belarusian: “Выспа Ўшэсьця”
- Chinese: “阿森松岛”
- Czech: “Ascension”
- Dutch: “Ascension”
- Finnish: “Ascension Island”
- French: “Ascension”
- Galician: “Illa de Ascensión”
- German: “Ascension”
- Hebrew: “אסנשן”
- Italian: “Ascensione”
- Japanese: “アセンション島”
- Korean: “어센션 섬”
- Norwegian: “Ascension”
- Polish: “Wyspa Wniebowstąpienia”
- Portuguese: “Ascensão”
- Romanian: “Ascension”
- Russian: “Остров Вознесения”
- Serbian: “Акнезијско острво”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Otok Ascension”
- Slovak: “Ascension”
- Slovenian: “Ascension”
- Spanish: “Isla Ascensión”
- Swedish: “Ascension”
- Tagalog: “Pulo ng Ascension”
- Welsh: “Ynys y Dyrchafiad”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Traveller’s Hill Royal Air Force Base and The Residency.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Middleton and Spoon Crater.
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