Wniebowstąpienia Wyspa, Ascension Island
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The Portuguese explorer Joao da Nova Castelia was apparently the first to discover the island (in 1501), but did not report it. So when in 1503 Alphonse d'Albuquerque saw the island on Ascension Day, he named it for the day of its sighting. Dry and barren, it had little appeal for passing ships, and remained uninhabited until 1815, when the British garrisoned it as a precaution after imprisoning Napoleon I of France on St Helena to the southeast. The Royal Navy officially designated the island as "HMS Ascension" with the classification of "Sloop of War of the smaller class". A Stone ship was a naval nickname for such land based establishments.

Once established, the British found it to be a handy victualling station for ships, particularly those of the West Africa Squadron working against the slave trade, and was taken over by the Royal Marines in 1923. In 1922, Royal Letters Patent made Ascension a dependency of St Helena, with the island being managed by the Eastern Telegraph Company (until 1964).

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1. Dependency status: belongs to the British colony Saint Helena

2. Government type: Crown Colony of the United Kingdom

3. Location: in the South Atlantic Ocean

4. Border Countries: none (island)

5. Climate: humid; annual sum of falls of 500-700 mm; averages pace. monthly 24-27°C

6. Terrain: the upland island, the tallest point - Mountain Green (875 n.p.m m.)

7. Area: 88 km2

8. Capital: Port Georgetown

9. Administrative divisions: none; it's one of a number of hotspot oceanic islands in the South Atlantic (which include the sister islands of Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha

10. Population: 1117 of inhabitians (1993)

11. Languages: English

12. Religions: Anglican (majority), Baptist, Seventh-Day Adventist, Roman Catholic

13. Currency: Saint Helenian pound (SHP)

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