Green Mountain (Ascension)

Green Mountain National Park IUCN Category V - Protected Landscape / Seascape
Entrance to the national park
location	Ascension
surface	10.22 km²
WDPA ID	68696
Setup date	2005

Green Mountain ("The Peak")
View from the mountain
height	859  m
location	Ascension , St. Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
Coordinates	7 ° 57 ′ 6 ″  S , 14 ° 20 ′ 58 ″  W Coordinates: 7 ° 57 ′ 6 ″  S , 14 ° 20 ′ 58 ″  W

Green Mountain is a national park and mountain on Ascension , an island in the British overseas territory of St. Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha in the South Atlantic .

Green Mountain, also known locally as The Peak , is the highest point on the island at 859  m .

geology

The terrain around Green Mountain is of volcanic origin and was formed in the period of approximately 0.7 to 0.5 million years BP . It is made up of massive pyroclastic fall deposits (especially pumice ); the south-western flanks of the mountain consist mainly of trachyte .

The Green Mountain is the type locality of the rare mineral dalyite .

National park

As Green Mountain National Park , the area has been proclaimed a national park since 2005. It belongs to the IUCN category V. The area has been protected due to its nature and historical importance.

There are seven hiking trails, picnic areas and campsites available for visitors.

Flora and fauna

flora

Green Mountain National Park is home to a wide variety of seven (originally 10) endemic and numerous introduced plants.

The existing endemic species are:

• Anogramma ascensionis
• Asplenium ascensionis
• Euphorbia origanoides
• Ptisana purpurascens
• Pteris adscensionis
• Sporobouls caespitosus
• Xiphopteris ascensionense

fauna

Numerous species of birds as well as insects and butterflies can be found in the reserve, including:

• Francolinus afer
• Gygis alba
• Acridotheres tristis
• Serinus flaviventris
• Estrilda astrild
• Hemidactylus mercatorius
• Gecarcinus lagostoma

Domestic sheep, cattle, chickens and rabbits can also be found in the national park.

gallery

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  historic barracks on Green Mountain

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  Disused water collection system on the mountain

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  Buildings on Green Mountain

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  Postage stamp (1938) with Green Mountain

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  Fairy Tern ( Gygis alba )

Web links

• Official Web site of the National Park (English)
• Official visitor guide of the national park (PDF; English)
• Green Mountain National Park on ProtectedPlanet.net (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Adityamoy Kar, Barry Weaver, Jon Davidson, Michael Colucci: Origin of Differentiated Volcanic and Plutonic Rocks from Ascension Island, South Atlantic Ocean . In: Journal of Petrology . tape 39 , no. 5 , May 1998, pp. 1009-1024 , doi : 10.1093 / petroj / 39.5.1009 (English).
2. ↑ Catalog of Type Mineral Specimens - D. (PDF; 50 kB) In: Catalog of Type Mineral Specimens (CTMS). International Mineralogical Association - Commission on Museums, accessed March 30, 2019 . 
3. ^ Green Mountain National Park. Protected Planet. Retrieved January 25, 2016
4. ^ Green Mountain National Park. Ascension Island Government. Retrieved January 25, 2016
5. ↑ Plants. Green Mountain National Park. Retrieved January 25, 2016
6. ↑ Endemic Plants. Ascension Island Government. ( Memento of the original from January 25, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved January 26, 2016  
7. ↑ Wildlife. Green Mountain National Park. Retrieved January 25, 2016