Ascension

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Set of maps showing the South Atlantic islands of Ascension, Saint Helena, and Tristan da Cunha. Insets display each island's outline, main settlements such as Georgetown on Ascension, Jamestown on Saint Helena, and Edinburgh on Tristan da Cunha, along with notable features like Green Mountain and Mount Actaeon. A small locator map shows the islands' positions relative to the west coast of Africa.

Map showing the locations of Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha Islands in the South Atlantic Ocean, west of the southern coast of Africa, with nearby African countries labeled for reference.

Volcanic peak and rocky, barren slopes with sparse green vegetation on Ascension Island under a clear blue sky.

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Type	Description	Contributor	Date
	Invalidated site: University of Washington - Faculty Web Server - The Greening of Green Mountain, Ascension Island.	Gloria Lotha	Sep 18, 2026
	Add new Web site: Columbia University - Columbia International Affairs Online - Captain Bob McQueen. Island Base: Ascension Island in the Falklands War. Whittles Publishing, 2005. (PDF).	Grace Young	Sep 05, 2025
	Add new Web site: Academia - The Azores or Ascension Island (PDF).	Aakanksha Gaur	May 31, 2025
	Add new Web site: CiteSeerX - An Initial Account of the Terrestrial Protozoa of Ascension Island.	Gloria Lotha	Apr 18, 2025
	Add new Web site: British Geological Survey - Volcanism on Ascension Island.	Gloria Lotha	Dec 11, 2024
	Add new Web site: University of Washington - Faculty Web Server - The Greening of Green Mountain, Ascension Island.	Gloria Lotha	Jun 26, 2024
	Add new Web site: BBC - Ascension: The island where nothing makes sense.	Emily Rodriguez	Sep 15, 2023
	Add new Web site: CRW Flags - Flag of Ascension Island, Atlantic Ocean.	Aakanksha Gaur	Jul 11, 2023
	Add new Web site: GlobalSecurity.org - Ascension.	Emily Rodriguez	Sep 30, 2022
	Add new Web site: Official Site of Ascension Island Government, Atlantic Ocean.	Gloria Lotha	Nov 02, 2021
	Media added.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	Jan 26, 2018
	Updated article to reflect the change from dependency status for Ascension.	Lorraine Murray Adam Schiff	Nov 06, 2015
	Illustration added.	Lorraine Murray	May 08, 2009
	Media added.	Chelsey Parrott-Sheffer	Jan 21, 2009
	Article thoroughly revised.	Lorraine Murray	Mar 20, 2008
	Article added to new online database.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	May 27, 1999