Ascension Island

Saint Helena / Ascension / Georgetown /
Great info:
ags.ou.edu/~bweaver/Ascension/ai.htm
www.volcano.si.edu/world/volcano.cfm?vnum=1805-05-
Photo tour of island: ags.ou.edu/~bweaver/Ascension/ai-tour.htm
Island newspaper: www.the-islander.org.ac/

Interesting fact about this island - when the British built a garrison on the island in 1815 in the treasury there was no money for its maintenance, when the island was renamed
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ascension_Island
Nearby cities:
Coordinates:   7°56'27"S   14°21'30"W

Comments

  • A very interesting Island with a lot of antennas..i love antennas :-)
  • Quite the place to visit. I was here in the 70s doing geodetic surveys for NASA and the Air Force. Still have my lighter from the "Volcano Club". This was the end of the world.
  • This served as England's forward base during the Falklands War with Argentina. From here with the aid of 13 refueling tankers a lone and aging Vulcan bomber managed to reach, hit, and close the Port Stanley runway with one of it's 20 dumb iron bombs. This kept Argentinian fast attack aircraft from hitting the fleet,