Place details
Place namePitcairn Islands
Other namesPitcairn, Henderson, Ducie, and Oeno Islands, Pitcairn, PCN, PN, ISO612, PC00, Pitcairn Island
Latitude-25.067
Longitude-130.083
SourceThesaurus of Geographic Names
Overview
Comprises the isolated, volcanic island of Pitcairn and several smaller islands; charted by British in 1767; settled by mutineers from the HMS Bounty and their Tahitian Polynesian consorts in 1790; rediscovered by American whalers in 1808.