St Helena
About St Helena
Saint Helena is a volcanic and tropical island, located in the South Atlantic Ocean, west of the mainland of the continent of Africa, with the Southern African nations of Angola and Namibia on its southeastern coast being the closest nations geographically. The island is around 1,950 km (1,210 mi) west of the coast of southwestern Angola, and 4,000 km (2,500 mi) east of the major seaport city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in South America. It is one of the three constituent parts of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, a British overseas territory.
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St Helena's national song was written by an American, David Mitchell, better known for 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown, who based his lyrics on a postcard he had seen.
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More facts about St Helena
St Helena is a tiny, insanely isolated island in the middle of the Atlantic, the first place you reach heading west from Guinea-Bissau.
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For a long time the only way to reach St Helena was the RMS St Helena, a Royal Mail ship, and the island was given a Royal Mail postcode.
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During the Boer War the British shipped 6,000 Boer prisoners of war to the tiny island of St Helena.
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Coordinates: -15.9667, -5.7000