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