Prosperous Bay Plain

Longwood · Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha

Prosperous Bay Plain, Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
Photo: David Stanley from Nanaimo, Canada, CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons

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A stark, semi-desert plateau on the island's dry eastern side, home to rare endemic invertebrates like the wirebird's habitat and the fragile gumwood remnants. The island's airport now sits on its edge.

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