Ascension

Ascension Island is an , just south of the equator, 700 miles northwest of , the territory by which it is administered.
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  • Island with about 810 residents
  • Description: equatorial island in the Atlantic Ocean, a British overseas territory belonging to the United Kingdom
  • Also known as
    “ac”
    “Ascension Island”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Green Mountain and Green Mountain National Park.
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, or The Peak, is a stratovolcano on Ascension Island.
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is a nature reserve.
, originally known as Travellers…

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Georgetown and Two Boats.
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is the capital and chief settlement…
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, also known as Village…

Ascension

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Latitude
-7.9417° or 7° 56′ 30″ south
Longitude
-14.3625° or 14° 21′ 45″ west
Open location code
6C473J5P+8X
Geo­Names ID
2411430
Wiki­data ID
Q46197

Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Ascension” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Ascencion”
  • Afrikaans: “Ascension Island”
  • Afrikaans: “Ascension-eiland”
  • Afrikaans: “Ascension”
  • Amharic: “አሴንሽን”
  • Angika: “असेंशियन द्वीप”
  • Arabic: “جزيرة أسنجين”
  • Arabic: “جزيرة اسينشين”
  • Arabic: “جزيره أسينشين”
  • Aragonese: “Isla Ascensión”
  • Aragonese: “Isla Aszensión”
  • Armenian: “Համբարձման կղզի”
  • Asturian: “Islla Ascensión”
  • Azerbaijani: “Ascension”
  • Azerbaijani: “Askenson adası”
  • Azerbaijani: “Merac adası”
  • Azerbaijani: “Yüksəliş adası”
  • Bashkir: “Олғашыу Утрауы”
  • Basque: “Ascension uhartea”
  • Basque: “Ascension”
  • Belarusian: “Востраў Узнясення”
  • Belarusian: “Востраў Ушэсця”
  • Belarusian: “Востраў Ушэсьця”
  • Belarusian: “Выспа Ўшэсьця”
  • Bengali: “অ্যাসেনশন দ্বীপ”
  • Bengali: “অ্যাসেনশন”
  • Bosnian: “Ascension”
  • Bosnian: “Ostrvo Ascension”
  • Bosnian: “Otok Ascension”
  • Breton: “Ascension”
  • Bulgarian: “Възнесение”
  • Catalan: “Ascensió”
  • Catalan: “Ascensión”
  • Catalan: “Illa Ascensió”
  • Catalan: “Illa Ascensión”
  • Catalan: “Illa de l’Ascensió”
  • Cebuano: “Ascension Island”
  • Central Kurdish: “دوورگەی ئەسێنشێن”
  • Chechen: “Стиглание Ваккхарин гӀайре”
  • Chinese: “亚森松岛”
  • Chinese: “亞森欣”
  • Chinese: “亞森欣島”
  • Chinese: “阿森松”
  • Chinese: “阿森松岛”
  • Chinese: “阿森松島”
  • Croatian: “Ascension”
  • Croatian: “Otok Ascension”
  • Czech: “Ascension Ostrov”
  • Czech: “Ascension”
  • Czech: “Ostrov Ascension”
  • Danish: “Ascension”
  • Dutch: “Ascension Eiland”
  • Dutch: “Ascension”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جزيرة اسينشين”
  • Esperanto: “Ascensia Insulo”
  • Esperanto: “Ascension Insulo”
  • Esperanto: “Ascension”
  • Esperanto: “Ascensiono”
  • Esperanto: “Ĉielira Insulo”
  • Esperanto: “Insulo Ascensio”
  • Estonian: “Ascension”
  • Estonian: “Ascensioni saar”
  • Finnish: “Ascension-saari”
  • Finnish: “Ascension”
  • Finnish: “Ascensioninsaari”
  • French: “Île d’Ascension”
  • French: “Île de l’Ascension”
  • Gagauz: “Ascension”
  • Galician: “Illa Ascensión”
  • Galician: “Illa de Ascensión”
  • Georgian: “ამაღლების კუნძული”
  • German: “Ascension Insel”
  • German: “Ascension”
  • German: “Himmelfahrtsinsel”
  • Greek: “Αναλήψεως Νήσος”
  • Greek: “Νήσος Αναλήψεως”
  • Greek: “Νήσος της Αναλήψεως”
  • Gujarati: “એસેન્શન આઇલેન્ડ”
  • Hausa: “Ascension Island”
  • Hausa: “Ascension”
  • Hausa: “Tsibirin Ascension”
  • Hebrew: “אסנשן”
  • Hindi: “असेन्शियन द्वीप”
  • Hindi: “असेंशियन द्वीप”
  • Hindi: “ऐसेंशन द्वीप”
  • Hungarian: “Ascension-sziget”
  • Igbo: “Ascension Island”
  • Indonesian: “Ascension”
  • Indonesian: “Pulau Ascension”
  • Irish: “Oileán na Deascabhála”
  • Italian: “Ascensione”
  • Italian: “Isola Ascensione”
  • Italian: “Isola dell’Ascensione”
  • Italian: “Isola di Ascension”
  • Italian: “Isola di Ascensione”
  • Japanese: “アセンション”
  • Japanese: “アセンション島”
  • Javanese: “Ascension”
  • Javanese: “Pulo Ascènsion”
  • Kannada: “ಅಸೆನ್ಶನ್ ದ್ವೀಪ”
  • Kazakh: “Асенсьон аралы”
  • Kazakh: “Ассенсион”
  • Kazakh: “Әскенжін аралы”
  • Kirghiz: “Асценсион”
  • Korean: “어센션섬”
  • Kurdish: “Girava Asensiyonê”
  • Ladin: “Ascension Island”
  • Ladin: “Ijula de l’Assenscion”
  • Latin: “Insula Ascensionis”
  • Latvian: “Debesbraukšanas sala”
  • Ligurian: “Isoa de Ascension”
  • Lithuanian: “Dangun Žengimo sala”
  • Macedonian: “Асенсион”
  • Macedonian: “Вознесение”
  • Malagasy: “Nosy Ascension”
  • Malay: “Ascension”
  • Malay: “Pulau Ascension”
  • Malayalam: “അസെൻഷൻ ദ്വീപ്”
  • Marathi: “असेन्शन द्वीप”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Ascension”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Ascensionøya”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Ascension”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Ascensionøya”
  • Norwegian: “Ascension”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Ascension”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Upstigeieg”
  • Oriya: “ଆସେନ୍ସନ ଦ୍ଵୀପ”
  • Oriya: “ଆସେନ୍ସନ ଦ୍ୱୀପ”
  • Oromo: “Ascension”
  • Ossetian: “Зæрдæвæрæны сакъадах”
  • Ossetian: “Ссæуыны сакъадах”
  • Panjabi: “ਅਸੈਂਸ਼ਨ”
  • Panjabi: “ਐਸੇਨਸ਼ਨ”
  • Papiamento: “Isla Ascension”
  • Persian: “اسنشن”
  • Persian: “جزیره اسنشن”
  • Polish: “Wyspa Wniebowstąpienia”
  • Portuguese: “Ascensão”
  • Portuguese: “Ilha Ascensão”
  • Portuguese: “Ilha de Ascensão”
  • Pushto: “اسنشن”
  • Romanian: “Ascension”
  • Romanian: “insula Ascension”
  • Russian: “Вознесения Остров”
  • Russian: “Вознесения”
  • Russian: “Остров Вознесения”
  • Scots: “Ascension Island”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Eilean na Deasgabhalach”
  • Serbian: “Акнезијско острво”
  • Serbian: “Асенсион”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Ascension”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Otok Ascension”
  • Shan: “ၵုၼ်ဢေႇသႅၼ်းသျိၼ်ႇ”
  • Sinhala: “අස්සෙන්ෂන් දුපත”
  • Slovak: “Ascension”
  • Slovenian: “Ascension”
  • Slovenian: “Otok Ascension”
  • Somali: “Ascension”
  • Spanish: “Ascensión”
  • Spanish: “Isla Ascensión”
  • Spanish: “Wildeawake Island”
  • Swahili: “Ascension”
  • Swedish: “Ascension”
  • Swiss German: “Ascension”
  • Tagalog: “Pulo ng Ascension”
  • Tajik: “Асенсион”
  • Tamil: “அசென்சன் தீவு”
  • Tatar: “Ascension”
  • Telugu: “అసెన్షన్ దీవులు”
  • Thai: “เกาะอัสเซนชัน”
  • Thai: “อัสเซนชัน”
  • Turkish: “Ascension Adası”
  • Ukrainian: “Острів Вознесіння”
  • Urdu: “جزیرہ اسینشن”
  • Uzbek: “Ascension”
  • Uzbek: “Vozneseniye oroli”
  • Vietnamese: “Đảo Ascension”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Puro Ascension”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Puro han Ascension”
  • Welsh: “Ynys Ascension”
  • Western Panjabi: “اسَینشن”
  • Western Panjabi: “جزیرہ اسینشن”
  • Wu Chinese: “阿森松島”
  • Yoruba: “Erékùṣù Ascension”
  • Yue Chinese: “亞森松島”
  • “AC”

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