The Pitcairn Islands (/ˈpɪtkɛərn/ PIT-kairn; Pitkern: Pitkern Ailen), officially Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie and Oeno Islands, are a group of four volcanic...
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Pitcairn Island is the only inhabited island of the Pitcairn Islands, in the southern Pacific Ocean, of which many inhabitants are descendants of mutineers...
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Adamstown is the capital of the Pitcairn Islands, and the only settlement on the Pitcairn Islands, the only British Overseas Territory that is located...
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Pitcairn Islanders, also referred to as Pitkerners and Pitcairnese, are the native inhabitants of the Pitcairn Islands, a British Overseas Territory including...
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In 2004, seven men living on Pitcairn Island faced 55 charges relating to sexual offences against children and young adults. The accused represented a...
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Major John Pitcairn (28 December 1722 – 17 June 1775) was a Scottish military officer. Born in Dysart, Fife, he enlisted in the Marine Forces at the age...
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The history of the Pitcairn Islands begins with the colonization of the islands by Polynesians in the 11th century. Polynesian people established a culture...
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son of John Pitcairn and brother of the midshipman Robert Pitcairn Elizabeth Pitcairn (born 1973), American violinist Feodor Pitcairn (1934–2021), American...
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Look up Pitcairn in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Pitcairn may refer to: Pitcairn Islands, in the South Pacific Pitcairn Island, the only inhabited...
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railroad magnate Robert Pitcairn and industrialist John Pitcairn. Pitcairn was born in Johnstone, Renfrewshire, Scotland, to John Pitcairn Sr. (1803–1884) and...
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