PITCAIRN ISLANDS, officially known as the Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie and Oeno Islands, are a group of four volcanic islands in the southern Pacific Ocean1. They form the sole British Overseas Territory in the Pacific Ocean1. The islands are scattered across several hundred miles of ocean and have a combined land area of about 18 square miles.

Only Pitcairn Island, the second largest, is inhabited2. As of January 2020, the territory had only 47 permanent inhabitants. The Pitcairn Islanders are a biracial ethnic group descended mostly from nine Bounty mutineers and a handful of Tahitian consorts. The mutiny and its aftermath have been the subject of many books and films.

The islands nearest to the Pitcairn Islands are Mangareva (of French Polynesia), 688 km to the west, and Easter Island, 1,929 km to the east. The islands are farther from any continent than any other inhabited island3.

Source: Conversation with Bing, 3/21/2024