Saint Helena
zh-cn:圣赫勒拿岛This is an article about the island of Saint Helena. For the person Saint Helena of Constantinople, see Helena, mother of Constantine the Great
Saint Helena is an island in the Atlantic Ocean off the west coast of Africa belonging to the United Kingdom. It is also the name of this island together with Ascension, Gough Island, Inaccessible Island, Nightingale Island, and Tristan da Cunha Island.
The island served as a strategic island for ships on their way to the Indian Ocean before the Suez Canal was built.
Napoleon Bonaparte ended his life in exile on St. Helena.
From the CIA World Factbook 2000. Not Wikified.
