Outline of the Pitcairn Islands
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Pitcairn Islands
The Pitcairn Islands , officially named the Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie and Oeno Islands, form a group of four volcanic islands in the southern Pacific Ocean. The islands are a British Overseas Territory and overseas territory of the European Union in the Pacific...
or just Pitcairn, are a group of four volcanic
Volcano
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islands in the South Pacific Ocean. The islands are a British overseas territory
British overseas territories
The British Overseas Territories are fourteen territories of the United Kingdom which, although they do not form part of the United Kingdom itself, fall under its jurisdiction. They are remnants of the British Empire that have not acquired independence or have voted to remain British territories...
(formerly a British colony), the last remaining in the Pacific. Only Pitcairn Island, the second largest island, is inhabited.
The islands are best known for being the home of the descendants of the Bounty mutineers
Mutiny on the Bounty
The mutiny on the Bounty was a mutiny that occurred aboard the British Royal Navy ship HMS Bounty on 28 April 1789, and has been commemorated by several books, films, and popular songs, many of which take considerable liberties with the facts. The mutiny was led by Fletcher Christian against the...
and the Tahiti
Tahiti
Tahiti is the largest island in the Windward group of French Polynesia, located in the archipelago of the Society Islands in the southern Pacific Ocean. It is the economic, cultural and political centre of French Polynesia. The island was formed from volcanic activity and is high and mountainous...
ans who accompanied them, an event retold in numerous books and films. This story is still apparent in the surnames of many of the islanders. With only 48 inhabitants (from nine families), Pitcairn is also notable for being the least populated jurisdiction in the world (although it is not a sovereign nation). The United Nations
United Nations
The United Nations is an international organization whose stated aims are facilitating cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, human rights, and achievement of world peace...
Committee on Decolonisation includes the Pitcairn Islands on the United Nations list of Non-Self-Governing Territories
United Nations list of Non-Self-Governing Territories
The United Nations list of Non-Self-Governing Territories is a list of countries that, according to the United Nations, are non-decolonized. The list was initially prepared in 1946 pursuant to Chapter XI of the United Nations Charter, and has been updated by the General Assembly on recommendation...
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The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to the Pitcairn Islands:
General reference
- PronunciationInternational Phonetic AlphabetThe International Phonetic Alphabet "The acronym 'IPA' strictly refers [...] to the 'International Phonetic Association'. But it is now such a common practice to use the acronym also to refer to the alphabet itself that resistance seems pedantic...
: - Common English country names: The Pitcairn IslandsPitcairn IslandsThe Pitcairn Islands , officially named the Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie and Oeno Islands, form a group of four volcanic islands in the southern Pacific Ocean. The islands are a British Overseas Territory and overseas territory of the European Union in the Pacific...
or Pitcairn - Official English country name: Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie and Oeno Islands
- Common endonym(s):
- Official endonym(s):
- Adjectival(s): Philippine, Filipino
- Demonym(s):
- EtymologyEtymologyEtymology is the study of the history of words, their origins, and how their form and meaning have changed over time.For languages with a long written history, etymologists make use of texts in these languages and texts about the languages to gather knowledge about how words were used during...
: Name of the Pitcairn Islands - ISO country codes: PN, PCN, 612
- ISO region codes: See ISO 3166-2:PNISO 3166-2:PNISO 3166-2:PN is the entry for the Pitcairn Islands in ISO 3166-2, part of the ISO 3166 standard published by the International Organization for Standardization , which defines codes for the names of the principal subdivisions of all countries coded in ISO 3166-1.Currently no ISO 3166-2 codes are...
- InternetInternetThe Internet is a global system of interconnected computer networks that use the standard Internet protocol suite to serve billions of users worldwide...
country code top-level domainCountry code top-level domainA country code top-level domain is an Internet top-level domain generally used or reserved for a country, a sovereign state, or a dependent territory....
: .pn.pn.pn is the Internet country code top-level domain for Pitcairn Islands.The top-level domain was the subject of a dispute in 2000, between islander Tom Christian, who had been delegated with management of the domain by ICANN, and the government of the island, which was resolved by ICANN ruling that...
Geography of the Pitcairn Islands
- The Pitcairn Islands are: A British overseas territory
- Location:
- Western HemisphereWestern HemisphereThe Western Hemisphere or western hemisphere is mainly used as a geographical term for the half of the Earth that lies west of the Prime Meridian and east of the Antimeridian , the other half being called the Eastern Hemisphere.In this sense, the western hemisphere consists of the western portions...
and Southern HemisphereSouthern HemisphereThe Southern Hemisphere is the part of Earth that lies south of the equator. The word hemisphere literally means 'half ball' or "half sphere"... - Pacific OceanPacific OceanThe Pacific Ocean is the largest of the Earth's oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic in the north to the Southern Ocean in the south, bounded by Asia and Australia in the west, and the Americas in the east.At 165.2 million square kilometres in area, this largest division of the World...
- South Pacific Ocean
- OceaniaOceaniaOceania is a region centered on the islands of the tropical Pacific Ocean. Conceptions of what constitutes Oceania range from the coral atolls and volcanic islands of the South Pacific to the entire insular region between Asia and the Americas, including Australasia and the Malay Archipelago...
- PolynesiaPolynesiaPolynesia is a subregion of Oceania, made up of over 1,000 islands scattered over the central and southern Pacific Ocean. The indigenous people who inhabit the islands of Polynesia are termed Polynesians and they share many similar traits including language, culture and beliefs...
- Polynesia
- Oceania
- South Pacific Ocean
- Time zoneTime zoneA time zone is a region on Earth that has a uniform standard time for legal, commercial, and social purposes. In order for the same clock time to always correspond to the same portion of the day as the Earth rotates , different places on the Earth need to have different clock times...
: UTC-08 - Extreme points of the Pitcairn Islands
- High: Pawala Valley RidgePawala Valley RidgePawala Valley Ridge is the highest point of the Pitcairn Islands, a British overseas territory in the Pacific Ocean, with an altitude of 347 metres .-External links: , Peakbagger.com....
on Pitcairn Island 347 m (1,138 ft) - Low: South Pacific Ocean 0 m
- High: Pawala Valley Ridge
- Land boundaries: none
- Coastline: South Pacific Ocean 51 km
- Western Hemisphere
- Population of the Pitcairn Islands:
- Area of the Pitcairn Islands:
- Atlas of the Pitcairn Islands
Environment of the Pitcairn Islands
- Climate of the Pitcairn Islands
- Environmental issues in the Pitcairn Islands
- Ecoregions in the Pitcairn Islands
- Renewable energy in the Pitcairn Islands
- Geology of the Pitcairn Islands
- Protected areas of the Pitcairn Islands
- Biosphere reserves in the Pitcairn Islands
- National parks of the Pitcairn Islands
- Wildlife of the Pitcairn Islands
- Flora of the Pitcairn Islands
- Fauna of the Pitcairn Islands
- Birds of the Pitcairn Islands
- Mammals of the Pitcairn Islands
Natural geographic features of the Pitcairn Islands
- Fjords of the Pitcairn Islands
- Glaciers of the Pitcairn Islands
- Islands of the Pitcairn Islands
- Lakes of the Pitcairn Islands
- Mountains of the Pitcairn Islands
- Volcanoes in the Pitcairn Islands
- Rivers of the Pitcairn Islands
- Waterfalls of the Pitcairn Islands
- Valleys of the Pitcairn Islands
- World Heritage Sites in the Pitcairn Islands: None
Ecoregions of the Pitcairn Islands
Administrative divisions of the Pitcairn Islands
- Provinces of the Pitcairn Islands
- Districts of the Pitcairn Islands
- Municipalities of the Pitcairn Islands
- Districts of the Pitcairn Islands
Municipalities of the Pitcairn Islands
- Capital of the Pitcairn Islands: Adamstown
- Cities of the Pitcairn Islands
Government and politics of the Pitcairn Islands
- Main article: Government of the Pitcairn Islands and Politics of the Pitcairn IslandsPolitics of the Pitcairn IslandsPolitics of the Pitcairn Islands takes place in a framework of a parliamentary representative democratic dependency, whereby the Mayor is the head of government. The territories constitution is the Local Government Ordinance of 1964. In terms of population, the Pitcairn Islands is the smallest...
- Form of governmentForm of governmentA form of government, or form of state governance, refers to the set of political institutions by which a government of a state is organized. Synonyms include "regime type" and "system of government".-Empirical and conceptual problems:...
: parliamentaryParliamentary systemA parliamentary system is a system of government in which the ministers of the executive branch get their democratic legitimacy from the legislature and are accountable to that body, such that the executive and legislative branches are intertwined....
representative democraticRepresentative democracyRepresentative democracy is a form of government founded on the principle of elected individuals representing the people, as opposed to autocracy and direct democracy...
dependencyDependent territoryA dependent territory, dependent area or dependency is a territory that does not possess full political independence or sovereignty as a State, and remains politically outside of the controlling state's integral area.... - Capital of the Pitcairn Islands: Adamstown
- Elections in the Pitcairn Islands
- (specific elections)
- Political parties in the Pitcairn Islands
- Political scandals of the Pitcairn Islands
- Taxation in the Pitcairn Islands
- Form of government
Branches of the government of the Pitcairn Islands
Executive branch of the government of the Pitcairn Islands
- Head of stateHead of StateA head of state is the individual that serves as the chief public representative of a monarchy, republic, federation, commonwealth or other kind of state. His or her role generally includes legitimizing the state and exercising the political powers, functions, and duties granted to the head of...
: Monarch of the United Kingdom, Queen Elizabeth II- Monarch's representative: Governor of the Pitcairn IslandsGovernor of the Pitcairn IslandsThe Governor of the Pitcairn Islands is the representative of the British crown in the Pitcairn Islands, which are the last remaining British territory in the Pacific Ocean...
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- Monarch's representative: Governor of the Pitcairn Islands
- Head of governmentHead of governmentHead of government is the chief officer of the executive branch of a government, often presiding over a cabinet. In a parliamentary system, the head of government is often styled prime minister, chief minister, premier, etc...
: Mayor of the Pitcairn Islands, Prime Minister of the United KingdomPrime Minister of the United KingdomThe Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the Head of Her Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom. The Prime Minister and Cabinet are collectively accountable for their policies and actions to the Sovereign, to Parliament, to their political party and...
Legislative branch of the government of the Pitcairn Islands
- Parliament of the Pitcairn Islands (unicameral)
- Island Council (Pitcairn)Island Council (Pitcairn)The Island Council is the legislative body of the Pitcairn Islands. It also doubles as the court of the British dependency, making it one of the few bodies in the world to possess both legislative and judicial authority.The Council has ten members...
- Island Council (Pitcairn)
- Parliament of the United KingdomParliament of the United KingdomThe Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the supreme legislative body in the United Kingdom, British Crown dependencies and British overseas territories, located in London...
(bicameral)- Upper houseUpper houseAn upper house, often called a senate, is one of two chambers of a bicameral legislature, the other chamber being the lower house; a legislature composed of only one house is described as unicameral.- Possible specific characteristics :...
: House of Lords of the United Kingdom - Lower houseLower houseA lower house is one of two chambers of a bicameral legislature, the other chamber being the upper house.Despite its official position "below" the upper house, in many legislatures worldwide the lower house has come to wield more power...
: House of Commons of the United Kingdom
- Upper house
Judicial branch of the government of the Pitcairn Islands
- Supreme Court of the Pitcairn Islands
Foreign relations of the Pitcairn Islands
- Diplomatic missions in the United Kingdom
- Diplomatic missions of the United Kingdom
International organization membership
The government of the Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie and Oeno Islands is a member of:- Overseas Territory of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
- Secretariat of the Pacific CommunitySecretariat of the Pacific CommunityThe Secretariat of the Pacific Community, or SPC , is a regional intergovernmental organisation whose membership includes both nations and territories...
(SPC) - Universal Postal UnionUniversal Postal UnionThe Universal Postal Union is an international organization that coordinates postal policies among member nations, in addition to the worldwide postal system. The UPU contains four bodies consisting of the Congress, the Council of Administration , the Postal Operations Council and the...
(UPU)
Law and order in the Pitcairn Islands
- Capital punishment in the United KingdomCapital punishment in the United KingdomCapital punishment in the United Kingdom was used from the creation of the state in 1707 until the practice was abolished in the 20th century. The last executions in the United Kingdom, by hanging, took place in 1964, prior to capital punishment being abolished for murder...
- Constitution of the Pitcairn Islands
- Crime in the Pitcairn Islands
- Human rights in the Pitcairn Islands
- LGBT rights in the Pitcairn Islands
- Freedom of religion in the Pitcairn Islands
- Law enforcement in the Pitcairn IslandsLaw enforcement in the Pitcairn IslandsHistorically a Pitcairn Islander has taken on the role of police officer and has also acted as Immigration and Customs Officer.A British policewoman, Gail Cox from Kent, was stationed on the island in 1999, and her report led to historic sex charges, one dating back to 1972, against a number of...
Military of the Pitcairn Islands
- Command
- Commander-in-chiefCommander-in-ChiefA commander-in-chief is the commander of a nation's military forces or significant element of those forces. In the latter case, the force element may be defined as those forces within a particular region or those forces which are associated by function. As a practical term it refers to the military...
:- Ministry of Defence of the United KingdomMinistry of Defence (United Kingdom)The Ministry of Defence is the United Kingdom government department responsible for implementation of government defence policy and is the headquarters of the British Armed Forces....
- Ministry of Defence of the United Kingdom
- Commander-in-chief
- Forces
- Army of the United Kingdom
- Navy of the United Kingdom
- Air Force of the United Kingdom
- Special forces of the United Kingdom
- Military history of the United KingdomMilitary history of the United KingdomThe military history of the United Kingdom covers the period from the creation of the united Kingdom of Great Britain in 1707, with the political union of England and Scotland, to the present day....
- Military ranks of the United Kingdom
History of the Pitcairn Islands
- Main article: History of the Pitcairn IslandsHistory of the Pitcairn IslandsThe history of the Pitcairn Islands begins with the colonization of the islands by Polynesians in the 11th century. The Polynesians established a culture that flourished for four centuries and then vanished...
, Timeline of the history of the Pitcairn Islands, and Current events of the Pitcairn Islands- Economic history of the Pitcairn Islands
- Military history of the Pitcairn Islands
Culture of the Pitcairn Islands
- Architecture of the Pitcairn Islands
- Cuisine of the Pitcairn Islands
- Ethnic minorities in the Pitcairn Islands
- Festivals in the Pitcairn Islands
- Humor in the Pitcairn Islands
- Languages of the Pitcairn IslandsLanguages of the Pitcairn IslandsThere are two languages of Pitcairn Island, English and Pitkern.Pitkern is a creole language based on eighteenth century English and Tahitian and spoken by about fifty people inland not to mention those outside Adamstown, mostly dozens of children leaving Pitcairn while becoming adults...
- Media in the Pitcairn Islands
- National symbols of the Pitcairn Islands
- Coat of arms of the Pitcairn IslandsCoat of arms of the Pitcairn IslandsThe coat of arms of the Pitcairn Islands were first adopted on November 4, 1969.-Features:The arms feature a shield depicting the anchor and Bible from HMS Bounty. This represents the ancestral history of the islanders, most of whom are descended from the sailors who mutinied on the Bounty in 1789...
- Flag of the Pitcairn IslandsFlag of the Pitcairn IslandsThe flag of the Pitcairn Islands was adopted on April 2, 1984.-Flag features:It is a Blue Ensign, with the Union Flag in the canton and the coat of arms of the Pitcairn Islands in the fly....
- National anthem of the Pitcairn Islands
- Coat of arms of the Pitcairn Islands
- People of the Pitcairn Islands
- Prostitution in the Pitcairn Islands
- Public holidays in the Pitcairn Islands
- Records of the Pitcairn Islands
- Religion in the Pitcairn Islands
- Buddhism in the Pitcairn Islands
- Christianity in the Pitcairn Islands
- Hinduism in the Pitcairn Islands
- Islam in the Pitcairn Islands
- Judaism in the Pitcairn Islands
- Sikhism in the Pitcairn Islands
- World Heritage Sites in the Pitcairn Islands: None
Art in the Pitcairn Islands
- Art in the Pitcairn Islands
- Cinema of the Pitcairn Islands
- Literature of the Pitcairn Islands
- Music of the Pitcairn Islands
- Television in the Pitcairn Islands
- Theatre in the Pitcairn Islands
Sports in the Pitcairn Islands
- Football in the Pitcairn Islands
Economy and infrastructure of the Pitcairn Islands
- Economic rank, by nominal GDP (2007):
- Agriculture in the Pitcairn Islands
- Banking in the Pitcairn Islands
- National Bank of the Pitcairn Islands
- Communications in the Pitcairn Islands
- Internet in the Pitcairn Islands
- Companies of the Pitcairn Islands
- Currency of the Pitcairn IslandsCurrencyIn economics, currency refers to a generally accepted medium of exchange. These are usually the coins and banknotes of a particular government, which comprise the physical aspects of a nation's money supply...
: DollarNew Zealand dollarThe New Zealand dollar is the currency of New Zealand. It also circulates in the Cook Islands , Niue, Tokelau, and the Pitcairn Islands. It is divided into 100 cents....
- ISO 4217ISO 4217ISO 4217 is a standard published by the International Standards Organization, which delineates currency designators, country codes , and references to minor units in three tables:* Table A.1 – Current currency & funds code list...
: NZD
- ISO 4217
- Economic history of the Pitcairn Islands
- Energy in the Pitcairn Islands
- Energy policy of the Pitcairn Islands
- Oil industry in the Pitcairn Islands
- Mining in the Pitcairn Islands
- Tourism in the Pitcairn Islands
- Transport in the Pitcairn Islands
- the Pitcairn Islands Stock Exchange
Infrastructure of the Pitcairn Islands
- Health care in the Pitcairn Islands
- Transportation in the Pitcairn Islands
- Airports in the Pitcairn Islands
- Rail transport in the Pitcairn Islands
- Roads in the Pitcairn Islands
- Water supply and sanitation in the Pitcairn Islands
See also
- Index of Pitcairn Islands-related articles
- List of international rankings
- List of Pitcairn Islands-related topics
- Outline of geographyOutline of geographyThe following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to geography:Geography – science that studies the lands, features, inhabitants, and phenomena of Earth.- Geography is :...
- Outline of OceaniaOutline of OceaniaOceania is a geographical, and often geopolitical, region consisting of numerous lands—mostly islands in the Pacific Ocean and vicinity. The term is also sometimes used to denote a continent comprising Australia and proximate Pacific islands,....
- Outline of the United KingdomOutline of the United KingdomThe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK, or Britain, is a sovereign island nation located in the British Isles of Western Europe...
External links
- Several articles by the first discoverers of the mutineers whereabouts.
- Pitcairn Island Register
- Lonely Planet WorldGuide profile
- http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/features/2008/01/pitcairn200801 "Trouble in Paradise"
- Bloody history of empire's last outpost BBC News examines the settlement's history, including the 2004 sex-abuse trial.
- ccTLD registry
- Editorial story of travel writer Dea Birkett's time on Pitcairn Island
- News accounts of Pitcairn sexual abuse trial: (ABC) (New Zealand Herald)
- Official Website of the Pitcairn Government
- Pitcairn Islands Philatelic Bureau
- Pitcairn Philatelic Bureau & Stamps at NZ Post
- Pitcairn Islands Study Center
- Pitcairn Islands Study Group
- Pitcairn Island Website
- Who's Who on Pitcairn - Names, ages, and photos of residents
- pitcairnnews.co.nz - Pitcairn news by Chris Double
- Uklun Tul Un Dem Tul - Pitcairn monthly news by Julie Christian
- onlinepitcairn.com - Pitcairn news by Mike Warren
- Archaeological project on Pitcairn Island
- Simon Winchester on Pitcairn, in Travel Intelligence
- Living interminably on the periphery by Alkan Chaglar
- Island Evolution: Pitcairn Island from NASA Earth ObservatoryNASA Earth ObservatoryNASA Earth Observatory is an online publishing outlet for NASA which was created in 1999. It is the principal source of satellite imagery and other scientific information pertaining to the climate and the environment which are being provided by NASA for consumption by the general public...
- The general info about the Island from The CIA World Factbook
- Pitcairn Islands - Pitcairn Islands at Britlink.
- from the British Foreign & Commonwealth Office
- http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1511/is_n11_v18/ai_19847179/pg_1 - Article by Jared Diamond on the Polynesian inhabitants of Pitcairn and what happened to them.
- Article on the Pitcairn Islands