Ashton
Ashton is a town located on Union Island, which is part of the Grenadines island chain of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, located on the island's south coast. It has a Köppen climate classification code of Af.- Type: Town
- Description: town on Union Island, part of the Grenadines island chain of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Also known as: “Ashton, Union Island”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Union Island and Union Island Airport.
Union Island
Photo: Jay Jay Marcus Keize13, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Union Island is a lovely, typical old-fashioned Caribbean Island. It is volcanic in origin and is only 3 miles long and 1 ½ miles wide. It has thick green rainforest, sharp rock peaks and large jagged mountains towering several thousand feet.
Union Island Airport
Aerodrome
Photo: Acp, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Union Island Airport is the airport serving Union Island, Grenadines Parish, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. It is located about 0.25 miles from the town of Clifton, one of the country's main tourist centers and a major destination for charter leisure flights during the winter holiday season and Easter, for "Easterval" celebration. Union Island Airport is situated 1½ miles east of Ashton.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Clifton.
Clifton
Town
Photo: Stefan2901, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Clifton is a town located on Union Island, which is part of the Grenadines island chain of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. It is located on the island's southeast coast.
Ashton
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Grenadines Parish, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Lesser Antilles, Caribbean, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
12.59544° or 12° 35′ 44″ northLongitude
-61.43519° or 61° 26′ 7″ westElevation
30 feet (9 metres)Open location code
774WHHW7+5WOpenStreetMap ID
node 2356449042OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Bavarian to Japanese—“Ashton” goes by many names.
- Bavarian: “Ashton”
- Chinese: “阿什頓 (尤寧島)”
- Chinese: “阿什頓”
- Dutch: “Ashton”
- German: “Ashton”
- Japanese: “アシュトン”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Ashton Harbour and Big Sands.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Rocky Hill SDA Church and Union Island Anglican Church.
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