I keep being asked where is Ascension Island, well if you serch on Google you will find it after zooming in a million times! I have however now got a good map that shows where I am and Ive attached it. So in future when people ask me where I'am I can send them this link...at least whilst I'am still here :-)
Some of facts about Ascension Island:
- It is an isolated volcanic island in the equatorial waters of the South Atlantic Ocean, around 1,600 kilometres (994 mi) from the coast of Africa, and 2,250 kilometres (1,398 mi) from the coast of South America which is roughly midway between the horn of South America and Africa. It is politically organized and governed as part of the British overseas territory of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha[1] from the capital Saint Helena, which is 1,287 kilometres (800 mi) to the southeast, and the protectorate also includes the "remotest populated archipelago" on earth, the sparsely populated Tristan da Cunha archipelago some thirty degrees farther south — about half the way to the Antarctic circle.
- The Island is named after the day of its recorded discovery, Ascension Day
- Is located at 7°56′S 14°22′W / 7.933°S 14.367°W / -7.933; -14.367Coordinates: 7°56′S 14°22′W / 7.933°S 14.367°W / -7.933; -14.367
- The island is the location of Wideawake Airfield, which is a joint facility of the United States Air Force and the Royal Air Force and the BBC World Service Atlantic Relay Station.
- The island was used extensively by the British military during the Falklands War. Ascension Island hosts one of five ground antennas (others are on Kwajalein, Diego Garcia, Colorado Springs and Hawaii) that assist in the operation of the Global Positioning System (GPS) navigational system.
- It also has passing and coming onto the island the transatlantic telegraph cable was the first cable used for telegraph communications laid across the floor of the Atlantic Ocean
The GPS thing is cool and I love the whole Cable thing as without that we wouldnt have the internet as we no it! Not sure what "remotest populated archipelago" means but it sounds awesome :-)
