| Ruperts | |
| Subdivision Type: | Sovereign state |
| Subdivision Name: |  United Kingdom |
| Subdivision Type1: | British overseas territory |
| Subdivision Type2: | Island |
| Subdivision Type3: | District |
| Subdivision Name3: | Jamestown |
| Coordinates: | -15.9197°N -5.7122°W |
| Timezone1: | GMT |
| Utc Offset1: | +0 |
| Area Code: | +44 |
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]
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]
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 of the zones of Rupert's Valley, further in 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 settlement spans on it for about 800 m.
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 and a fuel gantry, and was expanded with the opening of a new jetty for the largest ships in February 2020.[3] 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.[4] [5]