Ascension
URI(s)
Codes
- lsai---
Variants
- Ascension Island (Atlantic Ocean)
- Ascension Island (Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha)
- Island of Ascension (Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha)
- Ascension (Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha)
Additional Information
Descriptor
- Territory
Descriptor
- Overseas territories
Descriptor
- Great Britain--Territories and possessions
Associated Locale
- Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha
Associated Locale
- South Atlantic Ocean
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Earlier Established Forms
- Ascension Island (Atlantic Ocean)
Sources
- found: Gt. Brit. Directorate of Colonial Surveys. Ascension Island, 1948.
- found: Wikipedia, August 21, 2020(Ascension Island is an isolated volcanic island, 7°56ʹ south of the Equator in the South Atlantic Ocean; constituent part of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha; 7°56ʹS 14°22ʹW)
- found: The world factbook, via WWW, August 21, 2020(Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha; British Overseas Territory consisting of Saint Helena and Ascension Islands, and the island group of Tristan da Cunha; islands in the South Atlantic Ocean, about midway between South America and Africa; Ascension Island lies 1,300 km (800 mi) northwest of Saint Helena; Tristan da Cunha lies 4,300 km (2,700 mi) southwest of Saint Helena; conventional long form: Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha; conventional short form: none; 3 administrative areas: Ascension, Saint Helena, Tristan da Cunha; Ascension Island coordinates: 7 57 S, 14 22 W)
- found: The Constitution of St. Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, via WWW, viewed August 21, 2020:page 2 (the territory of St Helena and Dependencies shall be called St Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha) page 15 (while separate territories, St Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha form a single territorial grouping under the Crown) - http://www.sainthelena.gov.sh/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Constitution-of-St-Helena-Ascension-and-Tristan-da-Cunha.pdf
- found: GEOnet names server, August 21, 2020(Ascension (approved); first-order administrative division, Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha; 07°56ʹ30ʺS, 014°21ʹ45ʺW (-7.941667, -14.3625); also lists: Ascension Island (approved); Ascension (short); Island of Ascension (variant); island, first-order administrative division: Ascension; geopolitical entity name: Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha; 07°57ʹ00ʺS, 014°22ʹ00ʺW (-7.95, -14.366667))
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Change Notes
- 1980-07-10: new
- 2020-11-18: revised
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