Ascension Island
Ascension Island is an island in Ascension, Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha. Ascension Island is situated nearby to the locality Traveller’s Hill Royal Air Force Base, as well as near the village Two Boats.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include RAF Travellers Hill and Green Mountain.
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.
Green Mountain
Peak
Photo: LordHarris, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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. Green Mountain is situated 1½ miles east of Ascension Island.
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 3½ miles northwest of Ascension Island.
Ascension Island
- Type: Island
- Also known as: “Island of Ascension”
- Category: landform
- Location: Ascension, Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, Africa
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Latitude
-7.95° or 7° 57′ southLongitude
-14.36667° or 14° 22′ westElevation
1,132 feet (345 metres)Open location code
6C472JXM+X8GeoNames ID
2411429
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Satellite Map
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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
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