Island Brochure Part 2

• (2) Pitcairn Islands • United Kingdom

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• Map

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Henderson Island

Pitcairn Island

Oeno


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Ducie

(Pacific Ocean)

• Profile

Title: Pitcairn Islands

Location: Southern Pacific Ocean

Type:Atoll & Volcanic

Jurisdiction: United Kingdom of Great Britain

& Northern Ireland

Islands: 4 (Henderson Island, Pitcairn Island,

Oeno & Ducie)

Total Area: 62.45 km2

(Henderson Island 37.3km2)

(Pitcairn Island 4.6km2)

(Oeno 16.65km2)*

(Ducie 3.9km2)**Including reef flats and lagoon

of the atolls.

Discovered: January 26th, 1606

Co-Ordinates: 25°4'S, 130°6'W

Proximity To The Mainland:New Zealand - 5582km South West

Time Zone: (-8 hours) GMT

Capital:Adamstown (Pitcairn Island)

Population: 67 (Pitcairn Island)

Otherwise uninhabited

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• Sunset behind Pitcairn Island, (Ultra Panavision)

• Background

• Polynesian Peteroglyphs, Pitcairn Island, (Tony Probst)


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supporting a small human population, but access is difficult, owing to its outer shores' being steep limestone cliffs covered by sharp coral. Pitkern (A creale-based language derived from 18th Century English) is spoken alongside standard English on Pitcairn Island.

Around 9 plant species are only found on these islands. Pitcairn is also home to sev-eral rare bird species - the Pitcairn Reed-Warbler being endemic and recently placed on the endangered species list. One of five rare Galapogas tortoises is still alive after an interesting introduction to the island bewtween 1937 and 1951.

The Islands were formed by a centre of upwelling magma called the Pitcairn hotspot. The other islands are at a distance of more than 100 km and are not habitable. The fertile soil of the Pitcairn valleys, such as Isaac's Valley on the gentle slopes south-east of Adamstown, produces a wide variety of fruits and vegetables. Pitcairn Island is remarkably productive and its benign climate allows a wide range of tropical and temperate crops to be grown.

The major sources of revenue, until recently, have been the sale of coins and postage stamps to collectors, .pn domain names, and the sale of handicrafts to passing ships, most of which are plying the United Kingdom to New Zealand route via the Panama Canal. Trade is restricted by the jagged geography of the island, which lacks a harbour or airstrip, forcing all trade to be made by longboat to visiting ships. Occasionally, passengers from expedition type cruise ships will come ashore for a day, weather permitting. Tourism is the main focus for building the future economy focusing on small groups coming by charter vessel and staying at "home stays".

The Pitcairn Islands form a group of four volcanic islands & coral atolls in the remote southern Pacif ic Ocean.

The islands – named Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie, and Oeno – are spread over several hundred miles of ocean and only Pitcairn, the second largest and measuring about 2 miles (3.2 km) across, is inhabited. Since a population peak of 233 in 1937, the island has been suffering from emigration, primarily to New Zealand, leaving some 67 people living on Pitcairn in 2011.

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. The island was named after Midshipman Robert Pitcairn, a fifteen-year-old crew member who was the first to sight the island.

The Pitcairn Islands form the southeastern-most extension of the geological archipelago of the Tuamotus of French Polynesia.The only permanently inhabited island, Pitcairn, is accessible only by boat through Bounty Bay. The islands are best known as home of 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 (Christian, Warren, Young, and Brown).

Henderson Island, covering about 86% of the territory's total land area and claims a rich variety of animals in its nearly inaccessible interior, is also capable of

• Gallery

• Long Beach On Henderson Island, (Ultra Panavision)

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• Hermit Crab, Henderson Island (Ultra Panavision)

• Fairy Tern, Ducie Island (Ultra Panavision)

• Information

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• (3) Jan Mayen • Norway

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Jan Mayen

(Norwegian Sea)

• Profile

Title: Jan Mayen

Location: Norwegian Sea

Type:Volcanic

Jurisdiction: Norway

Islands: 1 (Jan Mayen)

Total Area: 373 km2

Discovered: The discovery of Jan Mayen is disputed

but the first conclusive discovery was

made on June 28th, 1614

Co-Ordinates: 70°59’N 8°32’W

Proximity To The Mainland:Iceland - 820km South West

Norway - 940km East

Time Zone: (+1 hour) GMT

Highest Peak:Beerenberg Volcano 2,277m

Population: No permanent population.

15-30 persons are often stationed there

through the Norwegian Armed Forces &

Meteorological Institute


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• Jan Mayen Landscape, (Camilla W Stjern)

• Background

• Rough Seas Around Jan Mayen, (Camilla W Stjern)


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• Gallery

• Jan Mayen Landscape, (Camila W Stjern)

• Beerenberg Volcano, (Petter2016)


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