No Saint Helena in the South Atlantic, its where Napoleon was exiled to.
St Helena is situated in the South Atlantic Ocean at longitude 5° 45' west and latitude 16° 00' south. The nearest land is Ascension Island which lies 703 miles to the north west; it is one of the island’s dependencies. The other dependency, Tristan da Cunha, lies 1500 miles to the south west. St Helena is 1200 miles from the west coast of Africa and 1800 miles from the east coast of South America. The nearest place of importance to St Helena is Cape Town which lies 1700 miles to the south east.
St Helena has an area of 47 square miles; it is 10½ miles long and 6½ miles wide. It is wholly volcanic in origin and rocky and mountainous almost everywhere along its coastal range. Rising dramatically from the South Atlantic the island has sheer barren cliffs that are intersected with deep valleys which slope steeply from the central ridges.
St Helena has no airport, so the only way to travel to and from the island is by ship. There is only one ship, the RMS St Helena, which is owned by St Helena Line and which is managed on its behalf by Andrew Weir Shipping Ltd.
