Ascension ni kisiwa chenye asili ya volikano kilichoko kusini kidogo kwa ikweta, katika Bahari ya Atlantiki, kilomita 1,600 hivi kutoka Afrika na 2,300 hivi kutoka Amerika Kusini (Brazil). Wakazi wote ni 806 tu (sensa ya mwaka 2016). Kiutawala kiko chini ya koloni la Saint Helena, ambalo liko chini ya Ufalme wa Muungano. Jina lilitokana na sherehe ya Kupaa Bwana, ambayo ndiyo siku ya mwaka 1501 kisiwa kilipoonekana kwa mara ya kwanza. The St Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha Constitution Order 2009. Opsi.gov.uk. Iliwekwa mnamo 18 April 2010. Keynes, Richard (2001), Charles Darwin's Beagle Diary, Cambridge University Press, archived from the original on 18 September 2010, retrieved 19 September 2010  Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help) Duff Hart-Davis, Ascension, the story of a South Atlantic island, p. 15 Mitchell, David F. 2010. Ascension Island and the Second World War. Ascension Island: Ascension Island Heritage Society. Correspondent's diary: Ascension Island | The Economist Official Ascension Island Government site Global Volcanism Program: Ascension Island Sanders, Sarah, Important Bird Areas in the United Kingdom Overseas Territories; priority sites for conservation (RSPB, 2006) Stonehouse, Bernard.