pitcairn island

     

The Pitcairn Islans (Pitkern: Pitkern Ailen), officially named the 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.

Trivia about pitcairn island

  • In 2004 Brenda Christian became the first woman mayor of this island with a population of about 47
  • In 2003 Emily Rose Christian became the first baby born on this island in 17 years, bringing the population to nearly 50
  • Nearly all the inhabitants of this island are descendants of Bounty mutineers
  • John Adams, the last Bounty mutineer on this island, died in 1829
  • Most of the 60 to 70 people who live on this South Pacific island are descendants of the mutineers
  • One way to reach this remote British island in the South Pacific is via a research vessel, the Bounty Bay
  • In 1856 some descendants of the Bounty mutineers left this island & settled on Norfolk
  • You can order carved wooden models of the HMS Bounty from this island's web site
  • A large "bounty" to the residents of this island is the money they receive from the sale of stamps
  • A language that's a mix of Tahitian & 18th century English is official on this remote island, home to the Bounty mutineers
  • Most of the inhabitants of this tiny island are descended from the Bounty mutineers & their Polynesian wives
  • Adamstown, this island's only village, is located on its northern coast near Bounty Bay
  • Adamstown is the only settlement on this tiny British dependency in the South Pacific
  • In 1957 remains of the H.M.S. Bounty were discovered off this tiny island
  • In 1999 a cannon from the HMS Bounty was raised from the wreck site at this isolated island
  • This isolated island in the South Pacific was the final refuge of the mutineers of the HMS Bounty
  • Mutineers first inhabited this south Pacific island in 1790
  • It's the isolated island where you'll find Adamstown, Point Christian & Bounty Bay

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  • RT @EmanuelDerman: I will spend my declining years on Pitcairn island with Tahitian women. Anyone care to join?Voluptuaries Only. BYOM http…
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  • 'Mutiny on the Bounty' Isle Runs Out of People: Just 49 souls left on Pitcairn Island
  • "Mutiny on the Bounty" Pitcairn Island has only 49 residents left.
  • RT @DanielStacey: Mutiny on the Bounty II - Pitcairn Island, the community founded by Fletcher Christian in 1790, is facing extinction: htt…
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  • Pitcairn Sexual Assault Trial of 2004 - On 30 September 2004, seven men living on Pitcairn Island...
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