International Domain Registration

Acension Island International domain names Acension Island (.ac):

Restrictions: Acension Island domains, 2nd-level registrant must have professional or academic qualification (apparently not actually enforced); 3rd level registrant must be resident on Ascension Island

.ac is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Ascension Island. It is administered by NIC.AC, a subsidiary of the Internet Computer Bureau based in the United Kingdom. Registration for this domain is open to anyone.

.ac is also a second level domain for academic establishments in a number of countries; see .ac (second level).

Registrations of internationalized domain names are accepted according to the following instructions.

Although it is a ccTLD .ac is offered by some domain-brokers as a local TLD for the city of Aachen which happens to have the license plate "AC".

Background Information :

Population

estimate 1,100 (n/a) - Density 22/km2 (n/a) 57/sq mi

National Anthem

God Save the Queen

Area

Total 91 km2 (222nd) 35 sq mi - Water (%) 0

International Dialling Code

247

Currency

Saint Helena pound (US dollars accepted) (SHP)

Government

Dependency of St. Helena - Administrator Michael Hill First inhabited1815

Language

English

Time Zone

UTC (UTC+0)Ascension Island is an island in the South Atlantic Ocean, around 1,600 kilometres (994 mi) from the coast of Africa. It is a dependency of the British overseas territory of Saint Helena, which is 1,287 kilometres (800 mi) to the south east. The Island is named after the day of its recorded discovery, Ascension Day.

The island is the location of Wideawake Airfield, which is a joint facility of the Royal Air Force and the United States Air Force. The island was used extensively by the British military during the Falklands War. Ascension Island hosts one of five ground antennas (others are on Kwajalein, Diego Garcia, Colorado Springs and Hawaii) that assist in the operation of the Global Positioning System (GPS) navigational system.


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