Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha

Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha essentials

This collection spans the remote British Overseas Territories of Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha. Highlights include Napoleon Bonaparte’s final residence at Longwood House, the 699-step Jacob’s Ladder in Jamestown, and Plantation House, home to the world’s oldest living land animal. Natural landmarks feature the man-made cloud forest of Green Mountain on Ascension Island and the volcanic pillar of Lot’s Wife. These sites represent centuries of maritime history, military fortifications, and unique biodiversity within the world’s most isolated inhabited archipelagos.

Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha Essentials — Map

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Longwood House

Longwood House is a mansion in St. Helena and the final residence of Napoleon Bonaparte, the former Emperor of the French, during his exile…

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Jacob's Ladder

Jacob's Ladder is a Grade I listed staircase leading from Jamestown, Saint Helena, up the side of Ladder Hill to Ladder Hill Fort.

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Plantation House

Plantation House is the official residence of the governor of Saint Helena.

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High Knoll Fort

High Knoll Fort is a redoubt-style fort of the English East India Company on Saint Helena, an island and British overseas territory in the…

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Green Mountain

Green Mountain is a common name for "The Peak", the highest point and a stratovolcano on Ascension Island, which has gained some fame for…

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Post Office and Tourism Centre

Located in Edinburgh of the Seven Seas on Tristan da Cunha, this hub serves as the primary visitor information point and issues the island's world-renowned collector postage stamps.

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Museum of St Helena

The Museum of Saint Helena is a museum on the island of Saint Helena, a British Overseas Territory in the south Atlantic Ocean.

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The Heart Shaped Waterfall

A 90-meter cascade falling over a naturally formed rock face at the head of the James Valley, visible from the outskirts of Jamestown.

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St. Paul’s Cathedral

Saint Paul's Cathedral is a cathedral church on the island of St Helena and is part of the Diocese of St Helena.

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Lot's Wife

A prominent 46-meter vertical volcanic pillar and basalt sea stack located on the southern coast of Saint Helena.