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The islands are best known for being the home of the descendants of the

• Pronunciation:
• Common English country names: The
  Pitcairn
• Official English country name:
  Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie and Oeno Islands
• Common
• Official endonym(s):
• Adjectival(s): Pitcairn
• Demonym(s): Pitcairn Islander
• ISO country codes
  : PN, PCN, 612
• ISO region codes: See ISO 3166-2:PN
• Internet country code top-level domain: .pn

Geography of the Pitcairn Islands

Geography of the Pitcairn Islands

• The Pitcairn Islands are: A
  British overseas territory
• Location:
  • Western Hemisphere and Southern Hemisphere
  • Pacific Ocean
    • South Pacific Ocean
      • Oceania
        • Polynesia
          • Pitcairn Islands (25°04′00″S 130°05′00″W / 25.06667°S 130.08333°W / -25.06667; -130.08333)
            • Pitcairn Island (main island) (25°04′S 130°06′W / 25.067°S 130.100°W / -25.067; -130.100 (Pitcairn Island))
            • Henderson Island (24°22′01″S 128°18′57″W / 24.36694°S 128.31583°W / -24.36694; -128.31583 (Henderson Island))
            • Ducie Island (24°40′09″S 124°47′11″W / 24.66917°S 124.78639°W / -24.66917; -124.78639 (Ducie Island))
            • Oeno Island (23°55′26″S 130°44′03″W / 23.92389°S 130.73417°W / -23.92389; -130.73417 (Oeno Island))
  • UTC-08
  • Extreme points of the Pitcairn Islands
    • High: Pawala Valley Ridge on Pitcairn Island 347 m (1,138 ft)
    • Low:
      South Pacific Ocean
      0 m
  • Land boundaries: none
  • Coastline:
    South Pacific Ocean
    51 km
• Atlas of the Pitcairn Islands

Environment of the Pitcairn Islands

• Climate of the Pitcairn Islands
• Wildlife of the Pitcairn Islands
  • Fauna of the Pitcairn Islands
    • Birds of the Pitcairn Islands
    • Mammals of the Pitcairn Islands

Natural geographic features of the Pitcairn Islands

• Islands of the Pitcairn Islands
  • Pitcairn Island (main island)
  • Henderson Island (uninhabited)
  • Ducie Island (uninhabited)
  • Oeno Island (uninhabited)
• The Pitcairn Islands have no rivers

Municipalities of the Pitcairn Islands

• One and only town in the Pitcairns: Adamstown
• Capital of the Pitcairn Islands:
  Adamstown

Demography of the Pitcairn Islands

Government and politics of the Pitcairn Islands

Politics of the Pitcairn Islands

• Form of government: parliamentary representative democratic dependency
• Adamstown
• Elections in the Pitcairn Islands
• Political parties in the Pitcairn Islands

• Queen Elizabeth II
  • Monarch's representative:
    Governor of the Pitcairn Islands
    ,
• Mayor of the Pitcairn Islands, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

• unicameral
  )
  • Island Council (Pitcairn)
• bicameral
  )
  • House of Lords of the United Kingdom
  • Lower house: House of Commons of the United Kingdom

Judicial branch of the government of the Pitcairn Islands

• Supreme Court of the Pitcairn Islands

Foreign relations of the Pitcairn Islands

• Diplomatic missions in the United Kingdom
• Diplomatic missions of the United Kingdom

International organization membership

The government of the Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie and Oeno Islands is a member of:^[1]

• United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
• Secretariat of the Pacific Community
  (SPC)
• Universal Postal Union (UPU)

Law and order in the Pitcairn Islands

• LGBT rights in the Pitcairn Islands
• Law enforcement in the Pitcairn Islands

History of the Pitcairn Islands

History of the Pitcairn Islands

• Mutiny on the Bounty
• History of Adamstown, Pitcairn Islands
  • History of the Pulau School
• History of the Island Council
• List of rulers of the Pitcairn Islands

Culture of the Pitcairn Islands

• Cuisine of the Pitcairn Islands
• Languages of the Pitcairn Islands
  • Pitkern
  • New Zealand English
• People of the Pitcairn Islands
• Public holidays in the Pitcairn Islands
• Religion in the Pitcairn Islands

Art in the Pitcairn Islands

• Music of the Pitcairn Islands

Symbols

• Official symbols of the Pitcairn Islands
  • Coat of arms of the Pitcairn Islands
  • Flag of the Pitcairn Islands
  • Anthem of the Pitcairn Islands: Come Ye Blessed
  • Pitcairn Islands Dollar (commemorative currency)
  • Postage stamps and postal history of the Pitcairn Islands

Economy and infrastructure of the Pitcairn Islands

• Economic rank, by nominal GDP (2007):
• Communications in the Pitcairn Islands
• Currency of the Pitcairn Islands: Dollar
  • NZD
• Tourism in the Pitcairn Islands
• Transport in the Pitcairn Islands
  • View from a longboat transport – longboats are used to ferry people and cargo to and from visiting ships.

Education in the Pitcairn Islands

• Pulau School

Infrastructure of the Pitcairn Islands

• Transportation in the Pitcairn Islands

See also

• List of international rankings

• Adamstown

Politics

• Island Council of Pitcairn
• Governor of Pitcairn
• Law enforcement in the Pitcairn Islands

Other

• Birds of the Pitcairn Islands
• Demographics of the Pitcairn Islands
• Geography of the Pitcairn Islands
• History of the Pitcairn Islands
• Internet domain of the Pitcairn Islands: .pn
• Languages of the Pitcairn Islands
  • Pitkern
• Pitcairn Islanders
• Pulau School

References

External links

Wikimedia Atlas of the Pitcairn Islands

• Several articles by the first discoverers of the mutineers whereabouts.
• Pitcairn Island Register
• Pitcairn Islands travel guide from Wikivoyage
• Lonely Planet WorldGuide profile
• http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/features/2008/01/pitcairn200801 "Trouble in Paradise"
• Bloody history of empire's last outpost BBC News examines the settlement's history, including the 2004 sex-abuse trial.
• ccTLD registry
• Editorial story of travel writer Dea Birkett's time on Pitcairn Island
• News accounts of Pitcairn sexual abuse trial: (ABC) (New Zealand Herald)
• Official Website of the Pitcairn Government
  • Google Listing of .PN sites
• Pitcairn Islands Philatelic Bureau
• Pitcairn Philatelic Bureau & Stamps at NZ Post
• Pitcairn Islands Study Center
• Pitcairn Islands Study Group
• Pitcairn Island Website
  • Who's Who on Pitcairn - Names, ages, and photos of residents
• pitcairnnews.co.nz - Pitcairn news by Chris Double
• Uklun Tul Un Dem Tul - Pitcairn monthly news by Julie Christian
• onlinepitcairn.com - Pitcairn news by Mike Warren
• Archaeological project on Pitcairn Island
• Simon Winchester on Pitcairn, in Travel Intelligence
• Living interminably on the periphery by Alkan Chaglar
• Island Evolution: Pitcairn Island from NASA Earth Observatory
• The general info about the Island from
  The CIA World Factbook
• Pitcairn Islands - Pitcairn Islands at Britlink.
• from the British Foreign & Commonwealth Office
• [1] - Article by Jared Diamond on the Polynesian inhabitants of Pitcairn and what happened to them.
• Article on the Pitcairn Islands