Pitcairn
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Young, and Brown), Pitcairn is the least populous jurisdiction in the
world (although it is not a sovereign nation). The United Nations
Committee on Decolonisation includes the Pitcairn Islands on the
United Nations list of Non-Self-Governing Territories.
The original settlers of the Pitcairn Islands were Polynesians who
appear to have lived on Pitcairn and Henderson for several centuries.
Although archaeologists believe that Polynesians were living on
Pitcairn as late as the 15th century, the islands were uninhabited
when they were discovered by Europeans.
Pitcairn Island was sighted on 3 July 1767 by the crew of the British
sloop HMS Swallow, commanded by Captain Philip Carteret. It was named
after Midshipman Robert Pitcairn, a fifteen-year-old crew member who
was the first to sight the island.
Pitcairn island group, which also includes Henderson, Ducie, and Oeno
islands. It has an area of about 2 sq mi (5 sq km).
Pitcairn was
annexed by Britain in 1838. The inhabitants were removed to Norfolk
Island in 1856 because of overpopulation. Some returned to Pitcairn,
and it is their descendants who make up the present population,
subsisting on fishing and farming.
Pitcairn has no port or
natural harbor; goods must be ferried from ships anchored offshore.
The island was named in 1767 by Capt. Philip Carteret, a British naval
officer, after Robert Pitcairn, the midshipman who first sighted it.
Tedside, Pitcairn Island (by permission of Andrew Christian)
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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 colony in the South
Pacific and most isolated British dependency.
* Pitcairn Island - the only inhabited island of the group
* Henderson Island - the largest island, a UNESCO World Heritage
Site with several endangered bird species
* Oeno Island, Sandy Island - a close pair of islands, the
The Pitcairn Islands are a group of four islands in the southern
Pacific Ocean. The islands are a British overseas territory (formerly
a British colony), the last remaining in the Pacific. Only Pitcairn
Island—the second largest—is inhabited.
The Pitcairn Islands form the south-easternmost extension of the
geological archipelago of the Tuamotus of French Polynesia, and
consist of four islands: Pitcairn Island, Oeno Island (an atoll with
five islets), Henderson Island, and Ducie Island (an atoll with four
islets).
The only permanently inhabited island, Pitcairn, has an area of two
square miles (five kilometers square) and a population density of 25
people per square mile (10 per square kilometer). It is accessible
only by boat through Bounty Bay. Adamstown is the capital.
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The Pitcairn Islands group is a British Overseas Territory. It
comprises the islands of Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie and Oeno.
Pitcairn, the only inhabited island, is a small volcanic outcrop
situated in the South Pacific at latitude 25.04 south and longitude
130.06 west.
Pitcairn Island is approximately 3.2km (2 miles) long and
1.6km (1 mile) wide with the capital Adamstown located above Bounty
Bay and accessed by the aptly named road, "The Hill of Difficulty".
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Background:
Pitcairn is a group of five islands in the southern Pacific Ocean, of
which one is inhabited, it's the last remaining British colony in the
Pacific.
In 1790 Pitcairn was settled by the Bounty mutineers and their
Tahitian companions. Nearly 50 years later it became the first British
Pacific island colony in 1838.
Pitcairn-Cierva Autogiro Company, Company of America (ACA,
Pitcairn-Larson Autogiro Company, AGA Aviation Corporation, G and A
Aviation.
The Pitcairn Aircraft Company was an American aircraft manufacturer of
light utility aircraft. An early proponent of the autogyro, the
company, later known as the Autogyro Company of America among other
names, would remain in business until 1948.
Harold Frederick Pitcairn, the youngest son of PPG Industries founder,
John Pitcairn, Jr founded Pitcairn Aircraft Company. The business
started with the formation of Pitcairn Flying School and Passenger
Service in 1924 which later became Eastern Airlines.
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was released in 1940, the philately of Pitcairn Island has enjoyed a
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Legendary Pitcairn, last refuge of HMS Bounty's mutinous crew, is the
remotest populated place in the South Pacific.
This tiny colony, founded in 1790 by nine fugitive Englishmen and 19
Polynesians, is presently more than 200 years old.
the ironies of history that Pitcairn, born out of treason
to the British crown, was the first Pacific island to become a British
colony (in 1838) and remains today the last remnant of that empire in
the Pacific.
Pitcairn is an hour ahead of Mangareva Island (GMT minus 8 hours).
Why
Intriguing Anglo-Tahitian history, the most remote Pacific territory.
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Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie and Oeno Islands, are a group of four
volcanic islands in the southern Pacific Ocean. The islands are a
British overseas territory (formerly a British colony), the last
remaining in the Pacific. Only Pitcairn Island — the second largest —
is inhabited.
nine families), Pitcairn is also notable for being the least populated
jurisdiction in the world (although it is not a sovereign nation). The
United Nations Committee on Decolonisation includes the Pitcairn
Islands on the United Nations list of Non-Self-Governing Territories.
and Pitcairn) were Polynesians who appear to have lived on Pitcairn
and Henderson for several centuries.
John Pitcairn (December 28, 1722 – June 17, 1775) was a British
Marine who was stationed in Boston, Massachusetts at the start of
the American Revolutionary War.
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Pitcairn Islands in 1808. Only one of 's mutineers was still
alive: Alexander Smith, whose alias was John Adams.
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Pitcairn Islanders still bear the surnames of the eighteenth century
mutineers (Tom Christian, for example, is the
great-great-great-grandson of Fletcher). The islanders speak a dialect
that is a hybrid of Tahitian and eighteenth-century English.
on Pitcairn on January 23, 1790.
An isolated volcanic island 1,350 miles southeast of Tahiti, it was
named after British midshipman Robert Pitcairn, who first sighted the
island on July 2, 1767.
of Pitcairn's Population
1790: 27
1800: 34
1806: 35
1850: 156
1856: 194
1857: 0*
1858: 17
1864: 43
1937: 233
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The Pitcairn Islands is group of five islands in the southern Pacific
Ocean, the only remaining British colony in the area.
the mid 1850's the Pitcairn community was outgrowing the island and
they appealed to Queen Victoria for help. Queen Victoria offered them
Norfolk Island and on 3rd May, 1856, the entire community of 193
people set sail for Norfolk Island on board the Morayshire.
were assigned to the mayor of Pitcairn in 1998, currently Steve
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Pitcairners, descendants of the Bounty Mutineers. During the
intervening 140 years these people have nurtured the island to make it
a prosperous, tranquil and beautiful place.
unique Pitcairn culture that make Norfolk Island a paradise on Earth.
However, paradise is threatened...
Ethnic groups: Pitcairnese (descendants of the Bounty
mutineers and their Tahitian wives), British
Total Police Force: 2 (2002)
Defense is the Responsibility of the U.K.
Pitcairn Group of Islands
Ducie
26 Jan 1606 Discovered by Portuguese sailor Pedro
Fernandez de Quiros,
named La Encarnación.
Pitcairn, you approach one of the remotest of the world's inhabited
islands, lying halfway between New Zealand and the Americas.
If you call at Pitcairn, you will see a unique community of
Anglo-Tahitian descent which turned a naval mutiny into a celebrated
romance.
Who were the first settlers?
We do not know who first settled this small volcanic island about 9.6
km.
Major Pitcairn of the marines, we called it PITCAIRN'S ISLAND".
In these few words were recorded the first sight and naming of
Pitcairn by a European.
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