Pitcairn Islands

E38185
British Overseas Territory archipelago island group

The Pitcairn Islands are a remote British Overseas Territory in the South Pacific Ocean, best known for being settled by the mutineers of HMS Bounty and their Polynesian companions.

Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
Pitcairn Island 3
Pitcairn 1
Pitcairn Islanders 1
Pitcairn Islands (as separate British Overseas Territory) 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf British Overseas Territory ⓘ
archipelago ⓘ
island group ⓘ
accessMethod by sea only ⓘ
administrativeCenter Adamstown ⓘ
callingCode +64 ⓘ
capital Adamstown ⓘ
climate subtropical ⓘ
continent Oceania ⓘ
country subdivision United Kingdom ⓘ
countryCode PN ⓘ
currency New Zealand dollar ⓘ
demonym Pitcairn Islander ⓘ
discoveredByEuropeans Philip Carteret ⓘ
discoveryYear 1767 ⓘ
drivesOn left ⓘ
governmentType British Overseas Territory administration ⓘ
governorBasedIn New Zealand ⓘ
governorResidence Wellington ⓘ
headOfState monarch of the United Kingdom ⓘ
historicalEvent settlement by Bounty mutineers and Polynesian companions in the late 18th century ⓘ
includesIsland Ducie Island ⓘ
Henderson Island ⓘ
Oeno Island NERFINISHED ⓘ
Pitcairn Islands self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Pitcairn Island
internetTLD .pn ⓘ
knownFor remote location ⓘ
settlement by HMS Bounty mutineers ⓘ
small population ⓘ
largestSettlement Adamstown ⓘ
legalSystem based on English common law ⓘ
legislature Island Council ⓘ
locatedIn Oceania ⓘ
South Pacific Ocean ⓘ
numberOfInhabitedIslands 1 ⓘ
officialLanguage English ⓘ
officialName Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie and Oeno Islands ⓘ
onlyInhabitedIsland Pitcairn Islands self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Pitcairn Island
populationCharacteristic one of the least populous national jurisdictions in the world ⓘ
populationSize under 100 inhabitants ⓘ
primaryReligion Seventh-day Adventist Church ⓘ
surface form: Seventh-day Adventism
recognizedLanguage Pitkern ⓘ
representativeOfHeadOfState Governor of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha ⓘ
surface form: Governor of the Pitcairn Islands
settlementType British Overseas Territory ⓘ
shortName Pitcairn Islands self-link ⓘ
sovereignState United Kingdom ⓘ
timeZone UTC−08:00 ⓘ
transportCharacteristic no airport ⓘ
UNStatus non-self-governing territory listed by the United Nations ⓘ
usesCurrency New Zealand dollar ⓘ

Referenced by (23)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

this entity surface form: Pitcairn Island
South Pacific → contains → Pitcairn Islands ⓘ
South Pacific Ocean → contains → Pitcairn Islands ⓘ
Polynesia → containsDependentTerritory → Pitcairn Islands ⓘ
Oceania → containsTerritory → Pitcairn Islands ⓘ
John Pitcairn → familyName → Pitcairn Islands ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pitcairn
Polynesians → hasMajorPopulationIn → Pitcairn Islands ⓘ
Pacific Community → hasMember → Pitcairn Islands ⓘ
Pacific Islands → hasPart → Pitcairn Islands ⓘ
Polynesia → hasPart → Pitcairn Islands ⓘ
British Overseas Territories → include → Pitcairn Islands ⓘ
Pitcairn Islands → includesIsland → Pitcairn Islands self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pitcairn Island
New Zealand dollar → legalTenderIn → Pitcairn Islands ⓘ
Pitcairn Islands → onlyInhabitedIsland → Pitcairn Islands self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pitcairn Island
Haredi Jews → populationCenter → Pitcairn Islands ⓘ
Norfolk Island → settledBy → Pitcairn Islands ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pitcairn Islanders
Pitcairn Islands → shortName → Pitcairn Islands self-link ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pitcairn Islands (as separate British Overseas Territory)
New Zealand dollar → usedInTerritory → Pitcairn Islands ⓘ