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Saint Helena: Flagstaff Hill: 688 metres (2,257 ft) Saint Helena: Halley's Mount: 680 metres (2,230 ft) Saint Helena: named for Edmond Halley: Tavistock Crag: 640 metres (2,100 ft) Gough Island: The Saddle: 639 metres (2,096 ft) Saint Helena: Triple Peak: 634 metres (2,080 ft) Gough Island: The Haystack: 616 metres (2,021 ft) Saint Helena ...
Saint Helena possesses fish as a main natural resource. Land use in the island group is divided between arable land (with 12.9% of the area given to this) and other uses, which occupy the remaining 87.1%. In terms of maritime claims, St Helena has an exclusive fishing zone of 200 nautical miles, and a territorial sea of twelve nautical miles.
The St Helena Independent [162] has been published since November 2005. The Sentinel newspaper was introduced in 2012. [163] Saint Helena Island Info is an online resource featuring the history of St. Helena from its discovery to the present day, plus photographs and information about life on St. Helena today. [164]
List of mountains and hills of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha; B. Briars, Saint Helena; D. Diana's Peak; G. ... South-west Saint Helena Important Bird Area;
Saint Helena is in the South Atlantic Ocean, 1,950 km west of the Angola on the African mainland. The island is approximately 122 km 2 in area. It is the eroded summit of a composite volcano, first formed by the Mid-Atlantic Ridge over 14 million years ago. Volcanic activity ceased about 6 million years ago. [3]
Diana's Peak is the highest point, at 818 metres (2,684 ft), on the island of Saint Helena, a British overseas territory in the South Atlantic Ocean. [1] It is of volcanic origin. The mountain and its surroundings with a total area of 81 ha were proclaimed a national park in March 1996, the first on the island. [2]
The St Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha Constitution Order 2009 (an Order in Council of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom) enacted a new constitution for the territory, which came into effect on 1 September 2009, and elevated Ascension Island and Tristan da Cunha from being dependencies of Saint Helena to equal constituent parts.
Mount Saint Helena (Wappo: Kanamota, "Human Mountain") [4] is a peak in the Mayacamas Mountains with flanks in Napa, Sonoma, and Lake counties of California.Composed of uplifted volcanic rocks from the Clear Lake Volcanic Field, it is one of the few mountains in the San Francisco Bay Area to receive any snowfall during the winter.