Ascension Island is an isolated volcanic island, 7°56′ 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 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 t…
Ascension Island is an isolated volcanic island, 7°56′ 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 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 to the southeast. The territory also includes the sparsely populated Tristan da Cunha archipelago, 2,000 miles to the south, about halfway to the Antarctic Circle.
Sovereign state: United Kingdom
British settlement: 1815
Dependency of Saint Helena: 12 September 1922
Current constitution: 1 September 2009
Official languages: English
Government: Devolved locally governing dependency under a constitutional monarchy
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