Longwood
Longwood is a settlement and district of the British island of Saint Helena in the South Atlantic Ocean.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 765 residents
- Description: human settlement on Saint Helena
- Also known as: “Longwood, Saint Helena”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Longwood House and Valley of the Tomb.
Longwood House
Museum
Longwood House is a mansion on the British overseas territory island of St. Helena. It was the final residence of Napoleon Bonaparte, the former Emperor of the French, during his exile on the island of Saint Helena, from 10 December 1815 until his death on 5 May 1821.
Valley of the Tomb
Grassland
Photo: Kevstan, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Valley of the Tomb is the site of Napoleon's tomb, on the British Overseas Territory of Saint Helena in the south Atlantic Ocean, where he was buried following his death in exile on 5 May 1821.
Diana’s Peak
Peak
Diana's Peak is the highest point, at 818 metres, on the island of Saint Helena, a British overseas territory in the South Atlantic Ocean. It is of volcanic origin. Diana’s Peak is situated 2 miles southwest of Longwood.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Levelwood and Half Tree Hollow.
Levelwood
Village
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 south of Longwood.
Half Tree Hollow
Village
Photo: Peter Neaum, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Half Tree Hollow is the smallest by area of the 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. Half Tree Hollow is situated 2½ miles northwest of Longwood.
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 2½ miles southwest of Longwood.
Longwood
- Categories: district and locality
- Location: Saint Helena, Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, Africa
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-15.94933° or 15° 56′ 58″ southLongitude
-5.68586° or 5° 41′ 9″ westPopulation
765Elevation
1,726 feet (526 metres)Open location code
5CPP3827+7MOpenStreetMap ID
node 4254620837OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
3370867Wikidata ID
Q222213
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Turkish—“Longwood” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Longwood (Santa Helena)”
- Basque: “Longwood”
- Belarusian: “Лонгвуд”
- Cebuano: “Longwood”
- Chinese: “朗伍德”
- Dutch: “Longwood, Saint Helena”
- French: “Longwood”
- German: “Longwood”
- Hebrew: “לונגווד”
- Hungarian: “Longwood”
- Indonesian: “Longwood, Saint Helena”
- Italian: “Longwood”
- Japanese: “ロングウッド”
- Manx: “Longwood, Ellan Helena Noo”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Longwood”
- Norwegian: “Longwood”
- Persian: “لانگوود، سنت هلن”
- Polish: “Longwood”
- Portuguese: “Longwood”
- Russian: “Лонгвуд”
- Spanish: “Longwood”
- Swedish: “Longwood, Sankta Helena”
- Turkish: “Longwood, Saint Helena”
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