Ruperts, sometimes also written ''Rupert's'',
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Saint Helena Saint Helena () is a British overseas territory located in the South Atlantic Ocean. It is a remote volcanic tropical island west of the coast of south-western Africa, and east of Rio de Janeiro in South America. It is one of three constitu ...

, in Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, an overseas territory of the United Kingdom, in the South Atlantic Ocean.

History

It is believed that the village was named after

Prince Rupert of the Rhine Prince Rupert of the Rhine, Duke of Cumberland, (17 December 1619 (O.S.) / 27 December (N.S.) – 29 November 1682 (O.S.)) was an English army officer, admiral, scientist and colonial governor. He first came to prominence as a Royalist cavalr ...

(1619–1682), but it is uncertain.

Geography

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, and Rupert's Wharf, by the sea and in front of Rupert's Bay. 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 Alarm Forest is the newest of the eight districts of the island of Saint Helena, part of the British Overseas Territory of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha in the South Atlantic Ocean. It is located southeast of Jamestown, in the inte ...

(4.5 km); and Airport Access Road to Longwood (7 km) and

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(13.7 km). It is a port village with a small

harbour A harbor (American English), harbour (British English; see spelling differences), or haven is a sheltered body of water where ships, boats, and barges can be docked. The term ''harbor'' is often used interchangeably with ''port'', which is a ...

by Rupert's Bay, with a wharf, a fuel ganrty and expanded with the opening of a new jetty, for largest ships, in February 2020. In early 20th century Ruperts had a small narrow gauge railway, by the seashore, serving the local

desalination Desalination is a process that takes away mineral components from saline water. More generally, desalination refers to the removal of salts and minerals from a target substance, as in Soil salinity control, soil desalination, which is an issue f ...

plant. The ''

Ruperts Railway Ruperts, sometimes also written ''Rupert's'', 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. History It is believed that the ...

'' had a small fork to the valley.Ruperts' Railway article on St. Helena official website
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