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Interesting/Useful Links:
FCO Country Profile: Ascension Island
Lots of Ascension Island information
FCO Travel Advice: Ascension Island
Useful information for visitors
Information about Ascension Island’s sister islands, St Helena and Tristan da Cunha
The official site of our sister island, Saint Helena
The official site of our other sister island, Tristan
Conservation: Ascension Island
An interesting site dedicated to the conservation and protection of Ascension’s Wildlife and Fauna
Ascension Island's school offering education from nursery through to GCSE and IGCSE
Heritage Society: Ascension Island
A superb and interesting history resource
Post Office & Philatelic Bureau: Ascension Island
Ascension Island and Saint Helena stamps online
‘The Islander’ Newsletter
News from Ascension Island since 1998. Published and updated weekly by volunteers
Obsidian Hotel: Ascension Island
Want to visit Ascension Island - book your accommodation online
Natural Science
British Geological Survey: Ascension Island
Ascension Island Geophysical Magnetic Observatory on Donkey Plain
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species
The Washington Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, more commonly known as CITES, aims to protect certain plants and animals by regulating and monitoring their international trade to prevent it reaching unsustainable levels. The UK Government strongly supports CITES as an essential instrument for helping to safeguard species which are threatened by international trade
The Green Turtle Zone
Did you know that the green turtle is so called because of the colour of its fat? A wealth of fascinating facts from Ascension’s Heritage Society about the history of Ascension’s turtles
The Atlantic Green Turtle
A site devoted to the Green Turtle which come to Ascension’s shores each year to breed.
UK Overseas Territories Conservation Forum (UKOTCF)
This forum exists to promote the coordinated conservation of the diverse and increasingly threatened plant and animal species and natural habitats of the UK Overseas Territories
Darwin Initiative – Turtle Project website
The major aims of the project include assessing the current size of the Ascension Island green turtle population, the reproductive output of individual turtles, the sex ration of hatchlings and identification of the feeding grounds of the turtles through the use of satellite transmitters.
Military
RAF: Ascension Island
The Royal Air Force’s site about the role of the RAF on Ascension Island
Ascension Auxiliary Airfield: Ascension Island
The American Air Force’s Detachment 2, 45th Operations Group website describing the mission of the USAF presence on Ascension Island
Keeping the Vulcans flying. A history of the 1982 conflict
The Vulcan Engineering Detachment on Ascension Island Diary
Commercial Sites
Royal Mail Ship, St Helena
Andrew Weir Shipping operate the RMS St Helena which is an important lifeline for Saint Helena and Ascension Island
Ascension flights
If you are intending to travel to Ascension Island from the United Kingdom or the Falkland Islands, this website will provide you with details of flights and how you can make a reservation.