Ascension Island

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island overseas territory of the United Kingdom volcanic island

Ascension Island is a remote volcanic island in the South Atlantic Ocean, known for its strategic location, unique ecology, and role as a communications and military outpost.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Georgetown, Ascension Island 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf island ⓘ
overseas territory of the United Kingdom ⓘ
volcanic island ⓘ
administeredBy Governor of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha ⓘ
callingCode +247 ⓘ
capital Georgetown ⓘ
claimedBy United Kingdom ⓘ
claimedYear 1815 ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
currency Pound sterling ⓘ
Saint Helena pound ⓘ
discoveredBy Portuguese navigators ⓘ
discoveryCentury 16th century ⓘ
governingBody Ascension Island Council ⓘ
hasAirport RAF Ascension Island ⓘ
hasClimate tropical desert climate ⓘ
hasFacility BBC World Service relay station ⓘ
Royal Air Force station ⓘ
United States Air Force tracking station ⓘ
satellite tracking station ⓘ
hasFeature Green Mountain cloud forest ⓘ
lava fields ⓘ
sandy beaches ⓘ
hasProtectedArea Green Mountain National Park ⓘ
highestElevation 859 m ⓘ
highestPoint Green Mountain ⓘ
historicalUse Royal Navy garrison ⓘ
importantFor sea turtle nesting ⓘ
ISO3166Code AC ⓘ
knownFor communications facilities ⓘ
remote location ⓘ
strategic military importance ⓘ
unique ecology ⓘ
largestSettlement Georgetown ⓘ
locatedIn Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
surface form: South Atlantic Ocean

Southern Hemisphere ⓘ
tropical Atlantic ⓘ
officialLanguage English ⓘ
partOf British Overseas Territory of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha ⓘ
populationCharacteristic primarily military and contractor personnel ⓘ
populationSize small permanent population ⓘ
seaTurtleSpecies green sea turtle ⓘ
sovereignState United Kingdom ⓘ
strategicRole airbridge between Europe and the South Atlantic ⓘ
mid-Atlantic staging post ⓘ
timeZone UTC+0 ⓘ
usedAs airbase ⓘ
communications outpost ⓘ
military base ⓘ
volcanicOrigin shield volcano ⓘ

Referenced by (27)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

.sh → ccTLDFor → Ascension Island ⓘ
Ascension Island Council → country → Ascension Island ⓘ
Flag of Ascension Island → country → Ascension Island ⓘ
Green Mountain → hasViewOf → Ascension Island ⓘ
Green Mountain → highestPointOf → Ascension Island ⓘ
Ascension Island Council → jurisdiction → Ascension Island ⓘ
Ascension Island Council → locatedIn → Ascension Island ⓘ
Green Mountain → locatedIn → Ascension Island ⓘ
Green Mountain National Park → locatedIn → Ascension Island ⓘ
Georgetown → locatedOn → Ascension Island ⓘ
Green Mountain cloud forest → locatedOn → Ascension Island ⓘ
RAF Ascension Island → location → Ascension Island ⓘ
Ascension Island Council → meetsIn → Ascension Island ⓘ
RAF Ascension Island → near → Ascension Island ⓘ
this entity surface form: Georgetown, Ascension Island
Mid-Atlantic Ridge → nearbyFeature → Ascension Island ⓘ
sooty tern → notableColony → Ascension Island ⓘ
Saint Helena pound → officialCurrencyOf → Ascension Island ⓘ
Ascension Island Council → partOf → Ascension Island ⓘ
Haredi Jews → populationCenter → Ascension Island ⓘ
AC → represents → Ascension Island ⓘ
diocese of St Helena → serves → Ascension Island ⓘ
subject surface form: Diocese of St Helena
Saint Helena pound → usedIn → Ascension Island ⓘ