Geography of the Pitcairn Islands
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The Pitcairn Islands are a group of four islands in the south Pacific Ocean: the group comprises Pitcairn Island (a volcanic island), Henderson Island (an uplifted coral island), and two coral atolls, Oeno Island and Ducie Island.
The only inhabited island, Pitcairn, has an area of Template:Convert and a population density of Template:Convert; it is only accessible by boat through Bounty Bay. The other islands are at a distance of more than Template:Convert.
LocationEdit
The Pitcairn Islands as a group of islands in Oceania:(Template:Coord)
- Pitcairn Island (main island) (Template:Coord)
- Henderson Island (Template:Coord)
- Ducie Island (Template:Coord)
- Oeno Island (Template:Coord)
Situated in the South Pacific Ocean, about one-half of the way from Peru to New Zealand, they are one of the most remote sites of human habitation on Earth.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
The only inhabited island, Pitcairn, is at 25.04 south, 130.06 west. Pitcairn is about Template:Convert southeast of Tahiti, Template:Convert from Auckland, New Zealand, and over Template:Convert from Panama.<ref name="Home">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
AreaEdit
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- Land: Template:Convert
- Water: Template:Convert
Pitcairn Island is about Template:Convert long and Template:Convert wide.<ref name="Home"/> This is about Template:Frac of the size of Washington, DC.
Land boundariesEdit
CoastlineEdit
Maritime claimsEdit
Exclusive economic zone:
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Territorial sea:
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ClimateEdit
The Pitcairn Islands have a maritime tropical rainforest climate (Af according to the Köppen climate classification), with the climate being warm and humid year-round, with no dry season. The warmest month in Adamstown is February, with a mean of Template:Convert, while the coolest month is August, with a mean of Template:Convert. The highest temperature recorded was Template:Convert during March. Because of its maritime location, the temperature has never dropped below Template:Convert. Adamstown receives Template:Convert of rainfall annually, with the rain being evenly distributed across the year. The climate of the Pitcairn Islands is modified by southeast trade winds.
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TerrainEdit
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The Pitcairn Islands have a rugged terrain caused by volcanic formation, with a rocky coastline and cliffs.
Elevation extremesEdit
Lowest point:
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Highest point:
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Natural resourcesEdit
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Miro trees (used for handicrafts), fish
Note:
manganese, iron, copper, gold, silver, and zinc have been discovered offshore
Natural hazardsEdit
Tropical Cyclones (especially November to May)
Environment – current issuesEdit
Deforestation (only a small portion of the original forest remains because of burning and clearing for settlement)
MapsEdit
Template:GeoGroupTemplate Worldwide map services show very little detail of the islands, and are even of limited use to show the location of them with respect to each other and to other islands, because they are so small and far apart. However, Mapquest zoom level 1 is a suitable map to see the location between Peru and New Zealand.
For the location with respect to French Polynesia, see the inset of Image:French Polynesia map.jpg.
See alsoEdit
ReferencesEdit
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External linksEdit
- Map of Pitcairn showing place names
- Map showing location of the Pitcairn Islands with respect to other island groups and to continents
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