St. Helena Communications - 1986

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

Railroads: none

Highways: 87 km bitumen sealed roads, 20 km earth roads on St. Helena; 80 km sealed on Ascension; 2.7 km sealed on Tristan da Cunha

Ports: Jamestown on St. Helena, Georgetown on Ascension, and St. James Bay

Airfields: none on St. Helena; airstrip (Miracle Miles) near Georgetown on Ascension; 1 permanent-surface runway 2,440-3,659 on Tristan da Cunha

Telecommunications: 1,500 radio receivers; no television service; wireless service to Cape Town and Ascension; telephones 310 (1982); coaxial cable relay point between South Africa, Portugal, and UK at Ascension

NOTE: The information regarding St. Helena on this page is re-published from the 1986 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of St. Helena 1986 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about St. Helena 1986 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.