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Pitcairn Islands

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  • proper noun British territory in the south Pacific Ocean

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  • He cares so much about national songs that, to get up to speed on the latest permutation in the Pitcairn Islands anthem, he exchanged emails with many of the Pacific archipelago's 50 or so inhabitants.

    Oh, Say, Can You See New Lyrics for This Anthem? Matt Moffett 2011

  • Two years later, the mutiny would occur, and, according to one tradition, the death of Fletcher on the Pitcairn Islands.

    Cap'n Blimey 2008

  • A great diversity of seabirds breed here, including 22 species in the Tuamotus and 14 species in the Gambier and Pitcairn Islands.

    Tuamotu tropical moist forests 2007

  • Spread over 3,000 km2 of the Pacific Ocean, this ecoregion encompasses the 76 atolls and islands of Tuamotu, which stretch 1,800 kilometers (km) to the Gambier Islands and the Pitcairn Islands 1,000 km to the east.

    Tuamotu tropical moist forests 2007

  • Both Henderson and Pitcairn Islands have an approximate 14 percent rate of endemism for vascular plants.

    Tuamotu tropical moist forests 2007

  • The climate varies from tropical in the northern Tuamotus with a mean annual temperature of 27 °C and 80 percent humidity to subtropical in the Pitcairn Islands with a mean annual temperature of 23 °C.

    Tuamotu tropical moist forests 2007

  • The birds of the Pitcairn Islands, central south Pacific Ocean.

    Tuamotu tropical moist forests 2007

  • Ducie and Oeno Atolls in the Pitcairn Islands, and all of the Tuamotus, with the exception of Makatea Island, are coral atolls less than 6 meters (m) in elevation, some of which surround enormous lagoons.

    Tuamotu tropical moist forests 2007

  • Systematic review of the land snails of the Pitcairn Islands.

    Tuamotu tropical moist forests 2007

  • The Pitcairn Islands: paradise past, paradise present?

    Tuamotu tropical moist forests 2007

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