Pitcairn Island

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Map of the South Pacific region showing major island nations and territories. Pitcairn Island, a British territory, is highlighted in orange on the southeastern edge of the map, east of French Polynesia and far from other landmasses.

Population-density map of Pacific island countries and territories, with darker shading indicating more people per square kilometer. Naoero is the most densely populated, while many larger island groups, including Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, and French Polynesia, have lower densities.

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Article History

Type	Description	Contributor	Date
	Added cross-references.	Andrew Pereira	Nov 11, 2026
	Added media.	Andrew Pereira	Nov 02, 2026
	Add new Web site: Guampedia - POP Cultures: Pitcairn Island.	Grace Young	Jan 08, 2026
	Add new Web site: eScholarship - A South Seas State of Nature: The Legal History of Pitcairn Island, 1790- 1900 (PDF).	Grace Young	Dec 21, 2024
	Add new Web site: University of Prince Edward Island - Institute of Island Studies - Pitcairn.	Emily Rodriguez	Jan 02, 2024
	Add new Web site: The University of Sydney - History Matters - History of the Pitcairn Islands.	Emily Rodriguez	Nov 07, 2023
	Add new Web site: Victoria University of Wellington Library - New Zealand Electronic Text Collection - Pitcairn's Island.	Gloria Lotha	Aug 17, 2023
	Add new Web site: Pacific Union College - Pitcairn Islands Study Center - Pitcairn Island.	Gloria Lotha	Jun 23, 2023
	Add new Web site: Official Tourism Site of Pitcairn island.	Gloria Lotha	Mar 30, 2023
	Add new Web site: GlobalSecurity.org - Pitcairn Island.	Emily Rodriguez	Sep 20, 2022
	Add new Web site: Ancient Origins - Real-Life Lord of the Flies: The Strange and Violent History of Pitcairn Island.	Thinley Kalsang Bhutia	May 10, 2018
	Add new Web site: National Geographic - Pitcairn Islands.	Thinley Kalsang Bhutia	May 10, 2018
	Media added.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	Jan 26, 2018
	Updated for sexual abuse trials and revised constitution.	Lorraine Murray Lily Gabaree	Apr 11, 2013
	Alternate spelling of official language Pitkern deleted and its description reworded; specification of honey production removed from description of beekeeping.	Lorraine Murray JACQUES OVION	Apr 08, 2009
	Added new Web site: Lonely Planet - Pitcairn Island.	Gloria Lotha	Jul 09, 2008
	Article thoroughly revised.	Lorraine Murray	Jan 28, 2008
	Added new Web site: Central Intelligence Agency - The World Factbook - Pitcairn Islands.	Gloria Lotha	Jul 24, 2006
	Article added to new online database.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	Jul 20, 1998