| Pitcairn Islands (Pitcairn Islands / Pitkern Ailen) | |
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| Information | |
| Capital city | Adamstown |
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| Area | 47 km² |
| Population | 48 hab. (2008) |
| Density | 1,02 inhab./km² |
| Other languages | English (official) Pitkern |
| Change | New Zealand dollar (NZD) |
| Electricity | 240 V/50 Hz australian plug |
| Telephone prefix | 64 |
| Internet suffix | .pn |
| Flow direction | Drive to the left |
| Spindle | UTC-8 |
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 24 ° 36 ′ 0 ″ S 127 ° 36 ′ 0 ″ W | |
| Government site | |
The Pitcairn Islands are an overseas territory British comprising five isolated islands located in the south ofPacific Ocean. Pitcairn Island is the only inhabited island of the group. It is located at 2,200 kilometers to the east of Tahiti ; it is the furthest inhabited island of any continent in the world.
Understand
The Pitcairn Islands are a group of five islands with a total area of 47 km2. Only one of them is inhabited by about fifty inhabitants (nine families), which makes it the least populated political entity in the world. The vast majority of the inhabitants are descended from the mutineers of the HMS Bounty and their wives Tahitian. The Pitcairn Islands were still home to 250 people half a century ago, and archaeologists believe Polynesians lived in Pitcairn and its neighbor Henderson until the end of the 15th century. The island was discovered by Europeans in 1767 during Philippe Carteret's exploration trip.
Weather
| J | F | M | AT | M | J | J | AT | S | O | NOT | D |
Temperature diagram in ° C | |||||||||||
25.7 20.6 12d | 26.2 21.0 9d | 25.9 20.8 15d | 24.4 19.8 16d | 22.8 18.7 13d | 21.6 17.5 15d | 21.0 16.8 15d | 20.6 16.0 13d | 21.1 16.4 11d | 22.2 17.2 9d | 23.0 18.2 10 days | 24.4 19.5 11d |
| 121 | 140 | 119 | 133 | 131 | 154 | 150 | 125 | 138 | 137 | 122 | 163 |
| Temp. max. annual mean in ° C 23.2 | |||||||||||
| Temp. min. annual mean in ° C 18.5 | |||||||||||
| Annual precipitation in mm 1633 | |||||||||||
| Number of days of precipitation 150 | |||||||||||
| Legend: Temp. maxi and mini in ° C • Precipitation in mm | |||||||||||
Source:Weatherbase | |||||||||||
The climate is tropical, hot and humid.
Regions
 Map of Pitcairn Islands |
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To go
Formalities
Visitors who wish to stay in Pitcairn for two weeks or less and arrive and depart on the same ship do not need to Visa. The immigration officer assesses requests from short-term visitors upon arrival at Pitcairn. Visitors wishing to stay there for more than two weeks need the governor's approval. A request for this approval must be made in advance and one must meet certain conditions mentioned on the Government of the Pitcairn Islands website as well as pay a registration fee. 150 NZD. The phone number for this request is 64 9 366-0186.
- Visa – Visa information on the Pitcairn Islands government website (in English).
On a boat
Pitcairn Island is only accessible by boat from Bounty Bay, where the ruins of HMS Bounty are found.
Circulate
Speak
Buy
The currency of the Pitcairn Islands is the New Zealand Dollar (NZD).
Eat
The honey from these islands is renowned as one of the purest in the world since it is produced in the absence of pollution.
