.... Amazing aerial view of a small volcanic island... a tiny "rock" and one of the loneliest places on earth located deep within the South Pacific... with a population of only around fifty, the island is best known as home of the descendants of the Bounty mutineers and the Tahitians who accompanied them... an event retold in numerous books and films... and the last British Overseas territory in the South Pacific... a must see for adventurous travellers looking for truly remote places... you can explore this untouched suptropical island environments, pristine waters, endemic flora, bird and marine life... it's only accessible by boat through Bounty Bay, due to the island's steep cliffs... Thanks a lot Amelia!(✿ ♥‿♥)
The Pitcairn Islands group is a British Overseas Territory situated in the South Pacific about 5,000 miles east of Australia. It comprises the islands of Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie and Oeno. Pitcairnn is the second-largest island and the only inhabited.
The island group was named after fifteen year old midshipman Robert Pitcairn, who first sighted the main island on the third of July 1767.
Pitcairn was the first Pacific island to become a British colony in 1828. The island is approximately 3.2km long and 1.6km wide (4,6km2) with the capital Adamstown located above Bounty Bay.
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Marine Life - Echinoderms
(Issued 23-10-2019)
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