What is Ascension Island?
{{use dmy dates}} {{Infobox settlement | name = Ascension Island | other_name = | official_name = | settlement_type = [[British overseas territories|Overseas territory]] of the UK <!-- images, nickname, motto --->| image_skyline = Green Mountain3.JPG | imagesize = | image_caption = The island viewed from atop Green Mountain. | image_flag = Flag of Ascension Island.svg | flag_size = | flag_alt = Flag of Ascension Island | flag_link = | seal_size = | seal_alt = Royal Coat of arms of UK | nickname = | motto = | anthem = ''[[God Save the Queen]]'' <!-- maps and coordinates ------>| image_map = Ascension Island Location.jpg | mapsize = | map_alt = | map_caption = Location of Ascension Island in the [[Atlantic Ocean]]. | pushpin_map = | pushpin_label_position = | coordinates = {{coord|7|56||S|14|22||W||display=title,inline}} <!-- location ------------------>| subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{UK}} | subdivision_type1 = [[British overseas territories|Overseas territory]] | subdivision_name1 = [[Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha]] | subdivision_type2 = Island | subdivision_name2 = Ascension | subdivision_type3 = Capital | subdivision_name3 = [[Georgetown, Ascension Island|Georgetown]] | established_title = First inhabited | established_date = 1815 | established_title2 = {{nowrap|Current constitution}} | established_date2 = 2009 | named_for = [[Ascension Day]] <!-- government type, leaders -->| government_footnotes = <!-- for references: use <ref> tags --> | government_type = [[Monarchy]] | governing_body = | leader_party = | le