Pitcairn Islands

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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.

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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
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

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Island Council appliesToJurisdiction Pitcairn Islands
this entity surface form: British Overseas Territory of the Pitcairn Islands
Island Council territorialExtent Pitcairn Islands
this entity surface form: Pitcairn Island
Philip Carteret discovered Pitcairn Islands
Philip Carteret discovered Pitcairn Islands
this entity surface form: Pitcairn Island
Fletcher Christian placeOfDeath Pitcairn Islands
this entity surface form: Pitcairn Island
Fletcher Christian settledOn Pitcairn Islands
this entity surface form: Pitcairn Island
Fletcher Christian burialPlace Pitcairn Islands
this entity surface form: Pitcairn Island (unmarked grave)
Henderson Island partOf Pitcairn Islands
Henderson Island nearestInhabitedIsland Pitcairn Islands
this entity surface form: Pitcairn Island
Ducie Island country Pitcairn Islands
Ducie Island partOf Pitcairn Islands
Ducie Island archipelago Pitcairn Islands
this entity surface form: Pitcairn Islands group
Ducie Island distanceTo Pitcairn Islands
this entity surface form: Pitcairn Island
Charles Nordhoff notableWork Pitcairn Islands
this entity surface form: Pitcairn’s Island
Charles Nordhoff collaboratedOn Pitcairn Islands
this entity surface form: Pitcairn’s Island
James Norman Hall notableWork Pitcairn Islands
this entity surface form: Pitcairn’s Island
James Norman Hall coWrote Pitcairn Islands
this entity surface form: Pitcairn’s Island
HMS Bounty associatedWith Pitcairn Islands
this entity surface form: Pitcairn Island