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Ascension Island (historically)
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/Ascension_Island_(historically)
GPTKB entity
Statements (31)
Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
gptkb:island
gptkbp:area
88 km²
gptkbp:claimedBy
gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:claimedYear
1815
gptkbp:climate
tropical
gptkbp:containsSettlement
gptkb:Georgetown
gptkbp:discoveredBy
Portuguese navigators
gptkbp:discoveredIn
1501
gptkbp:governedBy
gptkb:Saint_Helena
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
Ascension Island (historically)
gptkbp:locatedIn
gptkb:South_Atlantic_Ocean
gptkbp:namedAfter
gptkb:Ascension_Day
gptkbp:namedFor
gptkb:Afonso_de_Albuquerque
gptkbp:notableFauna
green sea turtles
sooty terns
gptkbp:notableFeature
gptkb:Wideawake_Airfield
gptkb:BBC_Atlantic_Relay_Station
Green Mountain
gptkbp:partOf
British Overseas Territory of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
gptkbp:population
no indigenous population
gptkbp:strategicImportance
gptkb:Falklands_War
gptkb:Napoleonic_Wars
gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:timezone
gptkb:GMT
gptkbp:usedAs
gptkb:airport
naval station
communications base
gptkbp:visitedBy
gptkb:Charles_Darwin
gptkbp:volcanicOrigin
true
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:Defaced_Blue_Ensign
gptkbp:bfsLayer
7