Ascension Island

Ascension Island is located in the South Atlantic Ocean. It is a British Overseas Territory being governed alongside Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha as a single territory.

The island was uninhabited until the early 19th century. In 1834 it became part of the British Crown Colony Saint Helena and Dependencies with the name being changed to Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha in 2009.

A Bahá’í community has not been established on the island. Philip Hainsworth briefly visited while travelling to the Falkland Islands in 1985.