7 Facts about St. Helena, Ascension & Tristan da Cunha

In this video you can find seven little known facts about Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cuhna. Keep watching and subscribe, as more British territories will follow!
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1. The remote islands of St Helena, Ascension Island and Tristan da Cunha lie in the South Atlantic Ocean, midway between Africa and South America. Though far from each other, they form a single territorial grouping under the sovereignty of the British Crown.
2. In the 1600s The British East India Company uses St. Helena as a way station for trading ships sailing home from the Orient and is granted a charter to run the island, installing its own governor in 1659. The island is uninhabited when it is first discovered by Portuguese mariners, in 1502.
3. St Helena is probably best known as the island to which French Emperor Napolean Bonaparte was exiled in 1815 after his defeat at the Battle of Waterloo. In 1815 Napoleon Bonaparte is imprisoned on the island after his defeat at Waterloo and remains confined there until his death in 1821.
4. Just south of the equator, Ascension Island is 700 miles from its nearest neighbour St Helena. It is a vital staging post for Britain in the South Atlantic and served as a key logistical base for troops during the Falklands War in 1982.
5. In 1501 Ascension is discovered by Portuguese navigator Joao da Nove Castella but remains uninhabited until the arrival of a British naval garrison in 1815.
6. Tristan da Cunha was once the main trading route between Europe and the Indian Ocean. It is now home to 300 residents who live in its only settlement, Edinburgh of the Seven Seas.Situated 1,243 miles from its closest neighbour Saint Helena, 1,491 miles from South Africa and 2,088 miles from South America, the remote archipelago includes Inaccessible, Nightingale, Middle, Stoltenhoff, and Gough - which has a manned weather station. Accessible only by a six-day boat journey from South Africa, its main island is just seven miles long.
7. Jamestown is the capital of the British Overseas Territory of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, located on the island of Saint Helena in the South Atlantic Ocean. It is also the historic main settlement of the island and is on its north-western coast. Many of the buildings built by the East India Company in the 1700s survive and give the town its distinctive Georgian flavour.
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[@michaelgusovsky]

Correction: you meant to say south Atlantic, not South Pacific.

[@SebastiansFacts]

Crap. I didn't even notice. Thanks!

[@ninadmungekar398]

yes it's in South Atlantic not Pacific(right in the beginning of video)

[@aubreyscott4979]

Ninad Mungekar I immediately noticed that mistake.

[@jjsisco]

Just got back from 2 years of sailing the South Pacific looking for St. Helena but no luck... 😢

[@justingreen4953]

His research is very wrong we have had internet and phones for over 12years now and i have live on tristan da cunha all my life

[@martingabe100]

how are people educated there? there are no schools or universities...are there?

[@heyitsshone957]

i would like to experience living in such a place very far from noisy and polluted cities..

[@iancorbin4958]

Hi is there a plumber on Tristan that did a course at Southampton as I did the course about 1976 with him he would be early 60s now

[@BigS8103]

i come from st helena

[@lvke_dylan]

Me too

[@angeljewels8418]

I'm jealous, I wanna visit

[@DamnDemi]

My family is from St Helena

[@dog11222]

mine too!

[@Eyezpopmusic]

That must be really cool!😀😀😀😀

[@Roshan-du4bs]

Hello. I am a youtuber from India and I am really facinated about st helana. If it is ok can I have your a mail id so that I can have a proper communication with you. Regards .

[@xhuliaxhuli2827]

Hi

[@Roshan-du4bs]

@@xhuliaxhuli2827 hello madam. Thanks you for the replay. Could you please help me with some information ?

[@bigbrother9531]

Located in the south pacific. Really, you might do a little more research before posting.

[@lvke_dylan]

People the internet here on st.helena is terrible

[@Mr91495osh]

Why the computer voice?

[@explore9016]

great video. What is the song at the beginning?

[@SebastiansFacts]

It's called Euphoria by Aurora B.Polaris. You can find some links in the description.

[@MrAmhara]

The Islands are located in the South Atlantic

[@patrickdelaney6507]

You mean South Atlantic

[@bennie19812]

Fact 8 Where Napoleon did not succeed, Willem Merk succeeded. Escaped from st Helena.

[@CLAWZGALAW]

*South Atlantic

[@Forgan_Mreeman]

i count only 6 facts. ripoff

[@SebastiansFacts]

Count again :)

[@Forgan_Mreeman]

@@SebastiansFacts now i get 8

[@SebastiansFacts]

@@Forgan_Mreeman :)) Cool!

[@GH-oi2jf]

The UK should base one of their new aircraft carriers down here to help keep the belligerent Argentines in check.