Pitcairn Islands facts for kids
The Pitcairn Islands are a small group of islands in the southern Pacific. Only one of the four islands is home to people. This island is simply called Pitcairn. The United Kingdom governs it. It has the smallest number of people of any country. In 2007, only 48 people lived there.
These islands are famous for being home to the families of the Bounty mutineers. They also live with the descendants of the Tahitians (or Polynesians) who came with them. This exciting story has been told in many books and movies. You can still see this history in the last names of many islanders. As of 2010, there are only four family names: Christian, Warren, Young, and Brown.
Island History
Long ago, people from Polynesia lived on the Pitcairn Islands. But when Captain Philip Carteret found them, no one was living there. He discovered the islands on July 2, 1767, while on his ship H.M.S. Swallow. The island was named after Robert Pitcairn. He was a 15-year-old midshipman who first spotted the island from the Swallow. Robert is thought to have been lost at sea in early 1770. This happened when his ship, HMS Aurora, disappeared in the Indian Ocean.
Exploring the Islands
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Ducie atoll
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Oeno atoll
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Satellite image of Pitcairn island
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Henderson Island
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Adamstown on Pitcairn Island.
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Images for kids
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West side of the Pitcairn Islands
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Pitcairn landing
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View of Pitcairn's Island, South Seas, 1814, J. Shillibeer
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Pitcairn islanders, 1916
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Geodesy operations on the Pitcairn Islands
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Stamp of the Pitcairn Islands
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Church of Adamstown
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View from the east side of Pitcairn Island
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View of Bounty Bay
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Bounty Bay in the 1970s
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Henderson Island shelter
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Oeno
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St. Paul's Point in west Pitcairn Islands
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Garnets Ridge, Pitcairn Island
See also
In Spanish: Islas Pitcairn para niños
