Norfolk Island

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Norfolk Island is a small external territory of Australia located in the South Pacific Ocean, known for its subtropical climate, pine forests, and blend of Polynesian and European heritage.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf external territory of Australia
island
self-governing territory
administeredBy Australian government
area about 35 square kilometres
callingCode +672
capital Kingston
climate subtropical
country Australia
currency Australian dollar
currencyCode AUD
demonym Norfolk Islander
discoveredBy James Cook
discoveryDate 1774
distanceTo about 1400 km east of mainland Australia
about 900 km from Lord Howe Island
drivingSide left
ethnicGroups descendants of Bounty mutineers and Tahitians
formerUse British penal colony
governmentType territory administered by Australia
hasAirport Norfolk Island Airport
heritageSite Kingston and Arthur’s Vale Historic Area
highestElevation 319 metres
highestPoint Mount Bates
internetTLD .nf
ISO3166Code NF
knownFor Norfolk Island pine forests
blend of Polynesian and European heritage
largestSettlement Burnt Pine
legislature Norfolk Island Regional Council
locatedIn Australasian realm
surface form: Australasia

Oceania
South Pacific Ocean
mainEconomicActivity agriculture
tourism
majorReligion Christianity
namedAfter Mary Howard, Duchess of Norfolk
nationalPark Norfolk Island National Park
officialLanguage English
partOf Commonwealth of Australia
penalColonyPeriod 1788–1814
1825–1855
populationEstimate around 1700 people
postalCode 2899
recognizedLanguage Norfuk
settledBy Pitcairn Islands
surface form: Pitcairn Islanders
sovereignState Australia
timeZone UTC+11:00
UNStatus non-self-governing territory listed by the United Nations

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Australian dollar officialCurrencyOf Norfolk Island
Pacific Community hasMember Norfolk Island
Oceania containsTerritory Norfolk Island
South Pacific contains Norfolk Island
Tasman Sea contains Norfolk Island
Melanesia includesDependentTerritory Norfolk Island
Australian pound usedIn Norfolk Island
Haredi Jews populationCenter Norfolk Island
Ullswater hasIslands Norfolk Island
Araucaria nativeTo Norfolk Island
Pacific Islands hasPart Norfolk Island
southwest Pacific Ocean adjacentTo Norfolk Island
Polynesians hasMajorPopulationIn Norfolk Island
Thanksgiving Day observedIn Norfolk Island
Pomaderris nativeTo Norfolk Island
Fenner includesTerritory Norfolk Island
Australian Federal Police operatesIn Norfolk Island
William Charles Wentworth placeOfBirth Norfolk Island
Australian territories includes Norfolk Island
Kingston locatedIn Norfolk Island
Kingston island Norfolk Island
Kingston locatedOnCoastOf Norfolk Island
Kingston administrativeUnitOf Norfolk Island
Burnt Pine locatedIn Norfolk Island
Burnt Pine partOf Norfolk Island
Burnt Pine governingTerritory Norfolk Island
this entity surface form: Territory of Norfolk Island
Norfolk Islander locatedIn Norfolk Island
Norfolk Island Regional Council hasSeat Norfolk Island
this entity surface form: Kingston, Norfolk Island
Norfolk Island pine forests locatedIn Norfolk Island
.nf countryCodeFor Norfolk Island
.nf assignedTo Norfolk Island
.nf sponsoringOrganizationLocation Norfolk Island
Kingston and Arthur’s Vale Historic Area partOf Norfolk Island
this entity surface form: Kingston, Norfolk Island
Kingston and Arthur’s Vale Historic Area topLevelAdministrativeDivision Norfolk Island
this entity surface form: External Territory of Norfolk Island
Kingston and Arthur’s Vale Historic Area nearestCity Norfolk Island
this entity surface form: Kingston, Norfolk Island
Norfolk Island Airport locatedIn Norfolk Island
Norfolk Island Airport serves Norfolk Island
Norfuk spokenIn Norfolk Island
Norfuk region Norfolk Island
Norfuk hasOfficialStatusIn Norfolk Island
Norfolk Island National Park locatedIn Norfolk Island
Polynesian Triangle contains Norfolk Island
Norfolk Ridge hasHighestPoints Norfolk Island
this entity surface form: Norfolk Island region
Pitkern region Norfolk Island
Pitkern spokenIn Norfolk Island