Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha is a British Overseas Territory located in the South Atlantic and consisting of the island of Saint Helena, Ascension Island, and the archipelago of Trista
A View of the Town and Island of St Helena in the Atlantic Ocean belonging to the English East India Company (engraving c. 1790)
Gough and Inaccessible Islands were declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1995.
Edinburgh of the Seven Seas, the only settlement on Tristan da Cunha. Behind it is Queen Mary's Peak, a shield volcano.
Tristan da Cunha on 6 February 2013, as seen from the International Space Station
Ascension Island
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Ascension Island is an isolated volcanic island, near 8° south of the Equator in the South Atlantic Ocean. It is about 960 miles from the coast of Africa and 1,400 miles from the coast of South Americ
Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
…Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha is a British Overseas Territory located in the South Atlantic and consisting of the island of Saint Helena, Ascension Island, and the archipelago of Tristan da Cunha (including Gough Island). Its name was Saint Helena and Dependencies until 1 September 2009, when a new…
João da Nova discovered the island on Ascension Day 1501.
Royal Marine barracks (1830) in the former Royal Dockyard, Georgetown
Ascension Island viewed from the south
RAF Ascension Island