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Saint Helena (island) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 15 58 00 S degrees minutes |
Lat: -15.9667 decimal degrees |
| Long: 005 43 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -5.7167 decimal degrees |
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Note: Chief island in the British dependent state of Saint Helena; was charted on May 21, 1502 by the Portuguese navigator João da Nova Castella; came under British control through East India Company in 17th cen.; Napoleon I was exiled here 1815-1821. |
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| Saint Helena (preferred,C,V,O,English)
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| St. Helena (C,V)
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............ | named after St. Helena, mother of Constantine the Great, whose feast day it was when the island was discovered |
| Sankt Helena (C,O)
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| Saint Helena island (C,O,display)
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| SH02 (C,U,FIPS)
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| Sainte Hélène (C,U,French)
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