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The Pitcairn Islands (/ ˈ p ɪ t k ɛər n / PIT-kairn; Pitkern: Pitkern Ailen), officially Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie and Oeno Islands, are a group of four volcanic islands in the southern Pacific Ocean that form the sole British Overseas Territory in the Pacific Ocean.
- Pitcairn Island
Pitcairn Island is the only inhabited island of the Pitcairn...
- Henderson Island
Henderson Island is an uninhabited island in the south...
- Mutiny on The Bounty
Fletcher Christian and the mutineers set Lieutenant William...
- Pitcairn-Norfolk
Pitkern, also known as Pitcairn-Norfolk or Pitcairnese, is a...
- Adamstown
Adamstown is the capital of the Pitcairn Islands, and the...
- John Adams
John Adams, known as Jack Adams (4 July 1767 – 5 March...
- Jay Warren
Pitcairn Island: Nationality: British: Political party:...
- Oeno Island
Oeno serves as a private holiday site for the few residents...
- HMS Bounty
Origin and description. Bounty was originally the collier...
- Pitcairn Island
Map of Pitcairn Islands. The history of the Pitcairn Islands begins with the colonization of the islands by Polynesians in the 11th century. Polynesian people established a culture that flourished for four centuries and then vanished.
Pitcairn Island, isolated volcanic island in the south-central Pacific Ocean, 1,350 miles (2,170 km) southeast of Tahiti. It is the only inhabited island of the British overseas territory of Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie, and Oeno Islands, which is commonly referred to as the Pitcairn Islands or as Pitcairn. The main island, with an area of about ...
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The Pitcairn Islands are a group of islands in the southern Pacific. People only live on the second-largest of the four islands. That island is named Pitcairn. It is governed by the United Kingdom. It has the smallest number of people of any country. In 2019, 50 people lived there.
Pitcairn is a volcanic island, and Ducie and Oeno are coral atolls. Henderson Island is an uplifted coral island. The only permanently inhabited island, Pitcairn, has an area of two square miles (five kilometers square). It is accessible only by boat through Bounty Bay. Adamstown is the capital.
The Pitcairn Islands are a loosely grouped handful of tiny islands in the remote South Pacific, farther from any continent than any other inhabited island. The islands are the last British overseas territory in the South Pacific and most isolated British dependency.
