Ascension

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.

Tanbihi

Marejeo
 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. (1960). Wideawake Island. The Story of the BOU Centenary Expedition to Ascension. Hutchinson: London
 Duff Hart-Davis, The Spectator 17 October 2015, "The Stone Frigate Sails On",  p. 16.

Viungo vya nje

Taarifa na serikali
 Ascension Island Government
 Ascension Government Conservation Department
 Ascension Island Newsletter

Historia na Jiografia
 Live Web Cam of Ascension
 Colonial History of Ascension Island
 Ascension Island at Britlink – British Islands & Territories
 Isla Ascensión o Ascension island (Spanish)
 CIA World Factbook entry about Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha 
 Google Satellite View

Taasisi
 Rocket launches from Ascension
 Detailed description of the BBC Atlantic Relay Station
 Army Ornithological Society Ascension Island Research 
 The Status and Location of the Military Installations of the Member States of the European Union and Their Potential Role for the European Security and Defence Policy (ESDP). Brussels: European Parliament, 2009.  25 pp.


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