25 November 2022 | Author/Destination: Great Britain / Großbritannien | Rubric: General
Reading Time: 6 minutesRoyal Marine barracks in former Royal Dockland in Georgetown © JERRYE & ROY KLOTZ MD/cc-by-sa-3.0
Ascension Island is an isolated volcanic island, 7°56′ south of the
Equator in the
South Atlantic Ocean. It is about 1,000 miles (1,600 km) from the coast of Africa and 1,400 miles (2,300 km) from the coast of
South America. It is governed as part of the
British Overseas Territory of
Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, of which the main island,
Saint Helena, is around 800 miles (1,300 km) to the southeast. The territory also includes the sparsely populated
Tristan da Cunha archipelago, 2,300 miles (3,700 km) to the south, about halfway to the
Antarctic Circle.
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