Ruperts, Saint Helena

Ruperts, sometimes also written Rupert's,[1] is a village of the island of Saint Helena, in Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, an overseas territory of the United Kingdom, in the South Atlantic Ocean.[2]

Ruperts
View of Ruperts with the harbour in Rupert's Bay
View of Ruperts with the harbour in Rupert's Bay
Location on Saint Helena
Coordinates: 15°55′10.9″S 5°42′44.0″W
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
British overseas territory Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
Island Saint Helena
DistrictJamestown
Time zoneUTC+0 (GMT)
Area code+44

History
See also: History of Saint Helena

It is believed that the village was named after Prince Rupert of the Rhine (1619–1682), but it is uncertain.[1]

Geography
See also: Geography of Saint Helena

Ruperts belongs to the district of Jamestown, It is 3.5 km by road from Jamestown but is, as the crow flies, only 660 meters away from it, separated by a hill.

The village is composed by the zones of Rupert's Valley, inner and between two hills,[3] and Rupert's Wharf, by the sea and in front of Rupert's Bay.[4] Ruperts' main road runs into the valley to the harbour area, and the settlements spans on it for about 800 m.

Transport

Ruperts main street forks into two roads: Field Road to Jamestown (3.5 km), Briars (2 km) and Alarm Forest (4.5 km); and Airport Access Road to Longwood (7 km) and Saint Helena Airport (13.7 km).

It is a port village with a small harbour by Rupert's Bay, with a wharf, a fuel gantry and expanded with the opening of a new jetty, for largest ships, in February 2020.[5] In early 20th century Ruperts had a small narrow gauge railway, by the seashore, serving the local desalination plant. The Ruperts Railway had a small fork to the valley.[6][7]

  • Rupert's Bay Church
    Rupert's Bay Church
  • Coastline of Rupert's Wharf
    Coastline of Rupert's Wharf
  • St Helena Sea Rescue Service office building
    St Helena Sea Rescue Service office building
  • Old fortification and fuel offloading boom at the harbour
    Old fortification and fuel offloading boom at the harbour

See also
Some houses of Ruperts

References
  1. "Why Ruperts": Ruperts on St. Helena official website
  2. Ruperts' page on Saint Helena official website
  3. 8397106714 Rupert's Valley on OpenStreetMap
  4. 7467276062 Rupert's Wharf on OpenStreetMap
  5. "The harbour and the new jetty of Ruperts": Ruperts on St. Helena official website
  6. "Our (Other) Railway": Ruperts on St. Helena official website
  7. Ruperts' Railway article on St. Helena official website
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