High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Jamestown is the capital and historic chief settlement of the island of Saint Helena, in the South Atlantic Ocean. Located on the island`s north-western coast, it is the island`s port, with facilities for unloading goods delivered to the island, and the centre of the island`s road and communications network. It was founded when English colonists settled on the island in 1659; St Helena is the second-oldest remaining British territory, after Bermuda.