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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. St. Helena: Mount Actaeon Beach and volcanic rocks, Ascension Island, South Atlantic Ocean.
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Wide sandy beach with black volcanic rocks in the foreground, turquoise waves, and a large volcanic hill rising in the background on Ascension Island.
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Article History

Type Description Contributor Date
Add new Web site: ABC listen - Nightlife - The isolated Island of St Helena. Jul 01, 2026
Add new Web site: Academia - Saint Helena: Citizenship and Spatial Identities on a Remote Island (PDF). May 13, 2025
Add new Web site: St Helena Government - St Helena. Mar 21, 2025
Add new Web site: Napoleon.org - Saint Helena � prison island. Feb 07, 2025
Add new Web site: BBC Travel - The island ready to welcome the world. Apr 19, 2024
Add new Web site: Historic UK - Napoleon�s Exile on St Helena. Nov 07, 2023
Add new Web site: GlobalSecurity.org - St Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha. Sep 07, 2023
Add new Web site: The British Empire - Saint Helena Colony. Apr 07, 2023
Population data updated. Oct 12, 2022
Add new Web site: Napoleon.org - Island of St Helena. Jun 06, 2019
Media added. Jan 26, 2018
Updated Economy section to add the new airport on Saint Helena. Jun 16, 2016
Revised information regarding the circumstances of the island's discovery and naming. Jan 19, 2016
Updated for the renaming of the British overseas territory of St. Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha. Nov 06, 2015
Add new Web site: Official Tourism Site of Saint Helena Island, Atlantic Ocean. Apr 04, 2014
Updated Government and History sections for enactment of new constitution, Sept. 2009. Sep 16, 2009
Illustration added. May 08, 2009
Media added. Jan 21, 2009
Article thoroughly revised. Mar 20, 2008
Added new Web site: Paul Carroll - St Helena,. Aug 13, 2007
Added new Web site: Central Intelligence Agency - The World Factbook - Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha. Jul 24, 2006
Added new Web site: CRW Flags - Flag of Saint Helena and Dependencies. Jul 24, 2006
Added new Web site: Saint Helena - The Island in the South Atlantic Ocean. Jul 24, 2006
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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