Wideawake Fairs, Mars Bay Nature Reserve, South West Ascension Island is the breeding site of the Sooty Tern (Wideawake Tern)

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Ascension Island is an extremely isolated and relatively young oceanic island. It lies about 8 degrees south of the Equator and is approximately mid way across the Atlantic Ocean from Africa to South America. The island is Km from north to south and 14 Km from west to east and has an area of 97 square Km with extremely rugged volcanic terrain. This area called Wideawake Fairs is the main breeding ground of the Sooty Tern (known as the Wideawake Tern) and is adjacent to Wideawake airfield

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Location: Wideawake Fairs, Ascension Island, South Atlantic Ocean
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