South-West Bay to English Bay via Georgetown.
Hiking
near Thornton, Ascension (Saint Helena)
- Distance
- 11.43mi
- Elevation +
- 935f
- TrailRank
- 49 5.0
The Spanish explorer João da Nova, sailing for the Portuguese Crown, allegedly discovered the island in 1501, but his discovery was apparently not registered. Thus, in 1503 when the Portuguese navigator Afonso de Albuque...