Rough Rock Island

Rough Rock Island is an islet in Saint Helena. Rough Rock Island is situated nearby to the village Levelwood, as well as near the hamlet Bottom Woods.

Type: Islet
Description: island in Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
Also known as: “Rough Rock Islet”

Places of Interest

Highlights include St. Helena Airport.

St. Helena Airport

Aerodrome

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 3.0.

Saint Helena Airport is an international airport on Saint Helena, a remote island in the south Atlantic Ocean, in the British Overseas Territory of Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha. The construction of the runway was finished in 2015 and the airport opened in 2016. St. Helena Airport is situated 2 miles north of Rough Rock Island.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Levelwood and Longwood.

Levelwood

Village

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 2.0.

Levelwood is one of eight districts of the island of Saint Helena, part of the British Overseas Territory of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha in the South Atlantic Ocean. Levelwood is situated 2 miles northwest of Rough Rock Island.

Longwood

Village

Photo: Creative Commons, CC BY-SA 2.5.

Longwood is a settlement and district of the British island of Saint Helena in the South Atlantic Ocean. Longwood is situated 3½ miles northwest of Rough Rock Island.

Sandy Bay

Village

Photo: Kevstan, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Sandy Bay is one of eight districts of the island of Saint Helena, part of the British Overseas Territory of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha in the South Atlantic Ocean. Sandy Bay is situated 3½ miles west of Rough Rock Island.

Rough Rock Island

Categories: island, coastline, locality, and landform
Location: Saint Helena, Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, Islands of the Atlantic Ocean
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Latitude

-15.98899° or 15° 59′ 20″ south

Longitude

-5.65615° or 5° 39′ 22″ west

Elevation

16 feet (5 metres)

Open location code

5CPP286V+CG

OpenStreetMap ID

way 29035427

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=coastline

OpenStreetMap feature

place=islet

GeoNames ID

3370765

Wikidata ID

Q49675471

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Satellite Map

Discover Rough Rock Island from above in high-definition satellite imagery.

In Other Languages

“Rough Rock Island” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Rough Rock Island”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Bottom Woods and Domaine de Longwood House.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Flat Rock and Great Stone Top.

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