{"id":3175,"date":"2019-10-15T09:00:45","date_gmt":"2019-10-15T00:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/islanddomains.earth\/?p=3175"},"modified":"2020-03-11T16:05:09","modified_gmt":"2020-03-11T07:05:09","slug":"ac","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/islanddomains.earth\/en\/ac\/","title":{"rendered":"In 18 Hours, a Furious Exploration of the Attractions of Ascension Island, with 11 Meals out of 14 In-flight"},"content":{"rendered":"

There are so many travel programs on Japanese television that highlight beautiful locations around the world. However, it seems unlikely that any of them feature Ascension Island. Why doesn’t anyone go? For the 17th stop on the Domain Island Tour, with 11 out of my 14 meals inflight, and I do a madcap 18-hour tour to find the attractions of Ascension Island. What kind of mysterious things will I discover? The ccTLD (country code top level domain) of Ascension Island is “.ac”.<\/p>\n

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\u25c6Where is Ascension Island?<\/h3>\n

Ascension Island, a volcanic island belonging to the UK, is in the South Atlantic. It was discovered in 1501, but then it was rediscovered in 1503, and named Ascension Island after Ascension Day, the rediscovery date. There are no indigenous people on this island. The occupants are company or organization workers and their families, with a population of about 1,100 to 1,200 people. There are also about 150 US troops station on Ascension Island. The administrative office is located in Georgetown.<\/p>\n