Talk:Ascension Island

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[edit] Actual Height

Anyone have info on how deep Ascension Island is below the ocean surface? From what I have heard, the exposed land is merely the tip of a tall underwater mountain. 71.226.179.164 (talk) 04:13, 14 February 2008 (UTC)aglassonion

Googling for "ascension island seafloor" gave me two references:
  • [1] says it's a 4000 meter volcanic mountain sitting on top of a locally thickened crust.
  • [2] says it ranges from 879m above sea level to about 3200m below sea level.
So the answer to your question is about 3200m. Wdfarmer (talk) 09:05, 14 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Wideawake Airfield

would it be sensible to take this info out of here and set up a separate page on this airfield.SuzanneKn 22:27, 11 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] About the flora and fauna

can some one look into the exotic flora and fauna of the island as i have read in newscientist that there was and extensive campain to vegetate the iisland when it was a stone ship.


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[edit] Question about copyright

Does the statement above "This is subject to the material being reproduced accurately" preclude editing by others to change the material? Dabbler 00:50, 6 September 2005 (UTC)

Moot point, since there should be absolutely no crown copyright text in WP anywhere at any time! Too late for me to work on it tonite, but I'll try to scrub the bad bits tomorrow (I assume the the Ascension govt is not copying WP text onto their website... :-) ). Stan 04:40, 6 September 2005 (UTC)
OK, the copyvio dates from 8 February 2005, and was perpetrated by User:GarciaB - apparently not his only offense. Hard to disentangle, because people subsequently rearranged all the text blocks. My plan is to "skeletonize" by deleting all the copied text, resulting in a clean version, then to add back new versions section by section. We'll lose some useful edits, but can't be helped. Stan 13:16, 6 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Flag and coat of arms

If Ascension Island is a dependency of Saint Helena, shouldn't it be using Saint Helena's flag and badge? --  Denelson83  19:16, 3 October 2006 (UTC)

  • No basically. A dependancy is a seperate legal entity, and it is either entitled to its own flag and arms (as in Tristan da Cunha, another dependancy of St Helena, or the Falkland Islands Dependancy) or uses the home country's. Ascension Island does not have a seperate arms or flag as of yet, so uses the Union Flag and the Royal Arms of the UK. See the government homepage for instance.

Crown Copyrighted Royal Arms must not be used here Tauex 01:16, 19 November 2006 (UTC)

As at 8 August 2007, the Ascension Island government website (http://www.ascension-island.gov.ac/aig/ascension-island-welcome.htm) displayed the St Helena flag. GeoWriter 11:37, 8 August 2007 (UTC)

That is just a link though to the Governmet of Saint Helena website! The official flag of Ascension Island remains the same as the flag of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. It's a shame that ALL British colonies don't just use the Union Flag and be done with it! YourPTR! 12:05, 16 August 2007 (UTC)