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Place in United Kingdom
Ruperts
View of Ruperts with the harbour in Rupert's BayView of Ruperts with the harbour in Rupert's Bay
Location on Saint Helena
Coordinates: 15°55′10.9″S 5°42′44.0″W / 15.919694°S 5.712222°W / -15.919694; -5.712222
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
British overseas territory Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
Island Saint Helena
DistrictJamestown
Time zoneUTC+0 (GMT)
Area code+44

Ruperts, sometimes also written Rupert's, is a village of the island of Saint Helena, in Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, an overseas territory of the United Kingdom, in the South Atlantic Ocean.

History

See also: History of Saint Helena

It is believed that the village was named after Prince Rupert of the Rhine (1619–1682), but it is uncertain.

Geography

See also: Geography of Saint Helena

Ruperts belongs to the district of Jamestown. It is 3.5 km by road from Jamestown, but is, as the crow flies, only 660 meters away from it, separated by a hill.

The village is composed of the zones of Rupert's Valley, further in and between two hills, and Rupert's Wharf, by the sea and in front of Rupert's Bay. Ruperts' main road runs into the valley to the harbour area, and the settlement spans on it for about 800 m.

Transport

Ruperts' main street forks into two roads: Field Road to Jamestown (3.5 km), Briars (2 km), and Alarm Forest (4.5 km); and Airport Access Road to Longwood (7 km) and Saint Helena Airport (13.7 km).

It is a port village with a small harbour by Rupert's Bay, with a wharf and a fuel gantry, and was expanded with the opening of a new jetty for the largest ships in February 2020. In early 20th century, Ruperts had a small narrow gauge railway by the seashore, serving the local desalination plant. The Ruperts Railway had a small fork to the valley.

Gallery

  • Rupert's Bay Church Rupert's Bay Church
  • Coastline of Rupert's Wharf Coastline of Rupert's Wharf
  • St Helena Sea Rescue Service office building St Helena Sea Rescue Service office building
  • Old fortification and fuel offloading boom at the harbour Old fortification and fuel offloading boom at the harbour

See also

Some houses of Ruperts

References

  1. ^ "Why Ruperts": Ruperts on St. Helena official website
  2. Ruperts' page on Saint Helena official website
  3. 8397106714 Rupert's Valley on OpenStreetMap
  4. 7467276062 Rupert's Wharf on OpenStreetMap
  5. "The harbour and the new jetty of Ruperts": Ruperts on St. Helena official website
  6. "Our (Other) Railway": Ruperts on St. Helena official website
  7. Ruperts' Railway article on St. Helena official website

External links

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Capital: Jamestown
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