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Ascensión Island Volcano - John Seach
South Atlantic Ocean
7.95 S, 14.37 W
summit elevation 858 m
Stratovolcano
Ascensión Island is located in South Atlantic. The island contains 44 dormant craters. The climate on Ascensión Island is subtropical.
Ascension Island is a British Overseas Territory which, together with St Helena and Tristan da Cunha, forms a single territorial grouping. The island was discovered by the Portuguese sailor Joao da Nova Castelia in 1501.
Ascensión Island lies west of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Much of the island is covered by basalt lava flows and cinder cones, with 44 distinct craters visible.
Green mountain is the island summit. The island is home to Green Turtles, sooty tern, boobies, Ascension frigate birds, Boatswain birds, petrels and noddies.
Ascensión Island Volcano Eruptions
Eruptions about 600 years ago.