Saint Helena

Bonaparte's final island

Saint Helena is a remote volcanic island in the South Atlantic Ocean, a British Overseas Territory.

It is best known as the place of Napoleon Bonaparte's final exile and death (1815–1821).

The island remains one of the most isolated inhabited places on Earth, accessible only by sea or a single airport.

He was banished to Saint Helena.

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