Tristan da Cunha

[Christiana Hanaman]

List of mountains and hills of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha

Over 1000m
Mountain or hill    Height    Island    Notes
Queen Mary's Peak    2,062 metres (6,765 ft)    Tristan da Cunha    an Ultra prominent peak
tallest in whole overseas territory and on the island
Mount Olav    1,969 metres (6,460 ft)    Tristan da Cunha    
[edit] 750m to 1000m
Mountain or hill    Height    Island    Notes
Edinburgh Peak    910 metres (2,990 ft)    Gough Island
(Tristan da Cunha)    tallest on the island
Expedition Peak    909 metres (2,982 ft)    Gough Island    
Green Mountain
"The Peak"    859 metres (2,818 ft)    Ascension Island    tallest on the island
Centre Rowett    836 metres (2,743 ft)    Gough Island    highest of the Mount Rowett peaks
Diana's Peak    818 metres (2,684 ft)    Saint Helena    tallest on the island
Nigel's Cap    811 metres (2,661 ft)    Gough Island    
North Rowett    808 metres (2,651 ft)    Gough Island    one of the Mount Rowett peaks
West Rowett    805 metres (2,641 ft)    Gough Island    one of the Mount Rowett peaks
High Peak    798 metres (2,618 ft)    Saint Helena    
False Peak    757 metres (2,484 ft)    Gough Island    
[edit] 500m to 750m
Mountain or hill    Height    Island    Notes
Sandy Bay Ridge    747 metres (2,451 ft)    Saint Helena    
Sea-hen Crag    710 metres (2,330 ft)    Gough Island    
High Hill    707 metres (2,320 ft)    Saint Helena    
White Point    694 metres (2,277 ft)    Saint Helena    
Hag's Tooth    692 metres (2,270 ft)    Gough Island    
Hooper's Ridge    691 metres (2,267 ft)    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    highest point of The Barn
Weather Post    608 metres (1,995 ft)    Ascension Island    
Long Range    588 metres (1,929 ft)    Saint Helena    
Mount Argus    587 metres (1,926 ft)    Gough Island    
High Knoll    584 metres (1,916 ft)    Saint Helena    
Joan Hill    579 metres (1,900 ft)    Saint Helena    
Blue Point    573 metres (1,880 ft)    Saint Helena    
Green Hill    570 metres (1,870 ft)    Gough Island    
Stone Top Ridge    566 metres (1,857 ft)    Saint Helena    height given near "The Bellstone"
Swale's Fen    561 metres (1,841 ft)    Inaccessible Island
(Tristan da Cunha)    tallest on the island; on Gony Ridge
Red Hill    546 metres (1,791 ft)    Ascension Island    ("The Ring")
White Hill    543 metres (1,781 ft)    Saint Helena    
Devil's Ashpit    536 metres (1,759 ft)    Ascension Island    location of NASA Challenger Centre
Piccolo Hill    529 metres (1,736 ft)    Saint Helena    
White Hill    525 metres (1,722 ft)    Ascension Island    
Boulder Hill    510 metres (1,670 ft)    Inaccessible Island    on Gony Ridge

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250m to 500m
Mountain or hill    Height    Island    Notes
Great Stone Top    494 metres (1,621 ft)    Saint Helena    
Lot's Wife    462 metres (1,516 ft)    Saint Helena    (also a rock off the north coast of Gough Island)
Lot    454 metres (1,490 ft)    Saint Helena    
Cairn Peak    323 metres (1,060 ft)    Inaccessible Island    
Sisters Peak    445 metres (1,460 ft)    Ascension Island    
Boxwood Hill    434 metres (1,424 ft)    Saint Helena    
Sandy Bay Barn    431 metres (1,414 ft)    Saint Helena    
Rupert's Hill    405 metres (1,329 ft)    Saint Helena    
Horse Point    403 metres (1,322 ft)    Saint Helena    
Round Hill    388 metres (1,273 ft)    Inaccessible Island    
Denstone Hill    384 metres (1,260 ft)    Inaccessible Island    
Spoon Crater    364 metres (1,194 ft)    Ascension Island    
Traveller's Hill    357 metres (1,171 ft)    Ascension Island    also name of nearby RAF base
The Fid    355 metres (1,165 ft)    Gough Island    
South East Crater    349 metres (1,145 ft)    Ascension Island    
   337 metres (1,106 ft)    Nightingale Island
(Tristan da Cunha)    tallest on the island
Joe's Hill    330 metres (1,080 ft)    Inaccessible Island    
Lady Hill    329 metres (1,079 ft)    Ascension Island    
South Hill    323 metres (1,060 ft)    Inaccessible Island    
Sugar Loaf Hill    272 metres (892 ft)    Saint Helena    
Ladder Hill    268 metres (879 ft)    Saint Helena    
Cross Hill    263 metres (863 ft)    Ascension Island    
[edit] 50m to 250m
Mountain or hill    Height    Island    Notes
Bears Back    240 metres (790 ft)    Ascension Island    
Dark Slope Crater    234 metres (768 ft)    Ascension Island    
Broken Tooth    228 metres (748 ft)    Ascension Island    ("East Crater")
South Gannet Hill    228 metres (748 ft)    Ascension Island    
Goat Pound Ridge    227 metres (745 ft)    Saint Helena    
Richmond Hill    210 metres (690 ft)    Gough Island    SE of the island, near the Meteorological Station
Pig Beach Hill    207 metres (679 ft)    Inaccessible Island    
Egg Island    79 metres (259 ft)    Saint Helen

[Christiana Hanaman]

Other hills and hill features

NB: Many of these hills and features are over 200m.
Lot and Lot's Wife (in background)
Ascension Island (note the volcanic craters)
Tristan da Cunha island
Mountain or hill    Height    Island    Notes
Cat Hill       Ascension Island    location of the main US base
Letter Box       Ascension Island    
Devil's Riding School       Ascension Island    a crater
Devil's Cauldron       Ascension Island    a crater, near Weather Post
Round Hill       Ascension Island    
Booby Hill       Ascension Island    
Holland's Crater       Ascension Island    
Dune Hills       Inaccessible Island    
Long Ridge       Inaccessible Island    
Little Stone Top       Saint Helena    
Mount Vesey       Saint Helena    
Drummond's Point       Saint Helena    
Munden's Mount       Saint Helena    
Green Hill       Saint Helena    
Cuckold's Point       Saint Helena    near Diana's Peak
Mount Actaeon       Saint Helena    near Diana's Peak
Mount Ross       Saint Helena    
Bunker's Hill       Saint Helena    
Silver Hill       Saint Helena    
Blue Hill       Saint Helena    
The Saddle       Saint Helena    
Beach Hill       Saint Helena    
Horse Point       Saint Helena    
Turk's Cap       Saint Helena    
Thompson's Hill       Saint Helena    
King & Queen Rocks       Saint Helena    
Horse Ridge       Saint Helena    
Dry Gut Hill       Saint Helena    
Botley's Point       Saint Helena    
Rock Mount       Saint Helena    
Sheep Knoll       Saint Helena    
Powell's Valley Hill       Saint Helena    
Brown's Hill       Saint Helena    
Bonfire Ridge       Saint Helena    
Woodland's Hill       Saint Helena    
Isaac's Hill       Saint Helena    
Round Hill       Tristan da Cunha    
Cave Gulch Hill       Tristan da Cunha    
Red Hill       Tristan da Cunha    

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This astronaut photograph shows the island’s sharp peaks and deep ravines; the rugged topography results from erosion of the volcanic rocks that make up the island. The change in elevation from the coast to the interior creates a climate gradient. The higher, wetter centre is covered with green vegetation, whereas the lower coastal areas are drier and hotter, with little vegetation cover.

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"The Barn", Saint Helena Island.
Date    

1985

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Lava fields on Ascension Island
Date    

7 May 2008, 12:46

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Edinburgh of the Seven Seas, Tristan da Cunha, South Atlantic Ocean
Date    

23 February 2009

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"Lot" (foreground) and "Lot’s wife", Saint Helena Island.
Date    

between 1983 and 1985

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NASA-Astronautenbild der Insel Ascension im Atlantischen Ozean
English: NASA astronaut image of Ascension Island, Atlantic Ocean
Date    

26 March 2003
Source    

http://www.oceandots.com/atlantic/saint-helena/ascension2.php

[Christiana Hanaman]

NASA Terra ASTER image of Tristan da Cunha Island, South Atlantic Ocean
Date    

25 October 2006
Source    

http://www.oceandots.com/atlantic/saint-helena/tristan2.php

[Christiana Hanaman]

Topographic map of Gough Island - EVS Precison Map (1:65,000)
Date    

16 April 2008

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Landsat image of Gough Island, Tristan da Cunha, South Atlantic Ocean (Landsat S-29-40_2000)

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List of towns in Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha

This is a list of towns and villages in Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, consisting of the island of Saint Helena, Ascension Island and the islands of Tristan da Cunha.

Settlement    Other name(s)    Notes
Georgetown       The main civilian settlement on Ascension and its capital.
Two Boats Village    Two Boats    A civilian village, with the island's school.
Cat Hill    Main Base    The United States' main military base on the island.
Traveller's Hill       Royal Air Force camp.

Saint Helena Island

Settlement    Other Name(s)    Notes
Jamestown    City of James Town[1]    Jamestown is the capital of Saint Helena and the territory of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha. It is also formally a city.[1]
Haytown       Small settlement located in Jamestown district, in Rupert's Valley.
Half Tree Hollow       Half Tree Hollow is now the most populous settlement in Saint Helena; began as a suburb of Jamestown.
Ladder Hill       An older settlement in Half Tree Hollow district, at the top of Jacob's ladder.
Saint Paul's       Location of the Governor's residence and the Anglican cathedral.
Briars Village       Part of the Alarm Forest district; effectively a suburb of Jamestown.
Barren Ground       Part of the Blue Hill district.
Broadbottom    Broad Bottom    Part of the Blue Hill district.
Blue Hill Village    Blue Hill    
Levelwood       
Longwood       
Hutt's Gate       In Longwood district.
Bamboo Hedge       Main settlement of Sandy Bay district.
New Ground       In St Paul's district.
Thompson's Hill       In St Paul's district.

Tristan da Cunha

Settlement    Other Name(s)    Notes
Edinburgh of the Seven Seas    Edinburgh, Settlement of Edinburgh, The Settlement    Edinburgh of the Seven Seas is the capital of Tristan da Cunha, and is the only settlement in the archipelago†

[Christiana Hanaman]

Jamestown, capital of Saint Helena, from above
Date    

1985

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Geography of Saint Helena

Saint Helena is an island in the South Atlantic Ocean, about mid-way between South America and Africa, at the geographic coordinates 15°56′S 5°42′W. St Helena has a land area of 122 square kilometres and is part of a wider territory called Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha which includes Ascension Island and the island group of Tristan da Cunha.

The climate of Saint Helena island can be described as tropical, marine and mild, tempered by the Benguela Current and trade winds which blow almost continuously. Similarly, the climate of Tristan da Cunha is marine, mild and also tempered by trade winds, although the climate is temperate in nature. Ascension Island is warmer and wetter than St Helena.