Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha

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• 🏝A British Overseas Territory in the South Atlantic Ocean consisting of Saint Helena, Ascension Island, and the Tristan da Cunha archipelago.
• 🏳️What does its flag mean? The Blue Ensign features the British Union Jack in the canton on a dark blue field. The coat of arms displays a shield depicting a coastal scene with a three-masted wooden sailing ship near steep rocky cliffs, topped by the endemic Wirebird (Charadrius sanctaehelenae).
• 🏝️Tristan da Cunha — most remote inhabited island: Tristan da Cunha holds the title for the most isolated inhabited archipelago on Earth, located over 2,400 km (1,500 miles) from the nearest continental landmass.
• 🐢Jonathan the giant tortoise: Saint Helena is home to Jonathan, a Seychelles giant tortoise born around 1832, officially recognized as the world's oldest known living land animal.
• 🏰Napoleon's final exile: The island of Saint Helena was chosen by the British as the remote prison site for Napoleon Bonaparte, where he lived in exile from 1815 until his death in 1821.