Place:Pitcairn Islands

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NamePitcairn Islands
Alt namesPitcairnsource: Getty Vocabulary Program
Pitcairn Islandsource: Wikipedia
Pitkernsource: Wikipedia
Pitkern Ailensource: Wikipedia
TypeDependent state
Coordinates25.067°S 130.083°W
Contained Places
Inhabited place
Adamstown
Unknown
Ducie Island
Henderson Island
Oeno Island
Sandy Island
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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The Pitcairn Islands (; Pitkern: ), officially named the Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie and Oeno Islands, are a group of four volcanic islands in the southern Pacific Ocean that form a British Overseas Territory. The four islandsPitcairn, Henderson, Ducie, and Oenoare spread over several hundred miles of ocean and have a total land area of about . Only Pitcairn, the second largest and measuring about from east to west, is inhabited.

The islands are inhabited by the descendants of the Bounty mutineers and the Tahitians (or Polynesians) who accompanied them, an event retold in numerous books and films. This history is still apparent in the surnames of many of the islanders. With only about 67 inhabitants[1] (currently from four main families: Christian, Warren, Young and Brown), Pitcairn is the least populous jurisdiction in the world. The United Nations Committee on Decolonisation includes the Pitcairn Islands on the United Nations list of Non-Self-Governing Territories.

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