GDP: N/A

 

 

Capital: Adamstown

Population (Estimated July 2011): 48

Area: 47km² or 29mi²

Currency: New Zealand Dollar (NZ$)

Official Language: English

Political Information: Overseas Territory of the UK

Official Religion: No Official Religion
(100% of the population are Seventh - day Adventist)

Highest Point: Big Ridge at 347m or 1,138ft

Largest River:

 

Time Zone (GMT/UTC): -8:00

Wildlife:

 

 

Leaders: H.M. Queen Elizabeth II represented by UK High Commissioner to New Zealand and Governor of the Pitcairn Islands Victoria M. Treadell and Mayor and Chairman of the Island Council Mike Warren.

 

Additional: Named in 1767 after the sailor who first saw the Island (Pitcairn) aboard HMS Swallow. Stone tools and burial sites show evidence of early inhabitants but since then the Island has remained virtually untouched by humans.

 

 

Sources: CIA World Fact Book, and Encyclopaedia Britannica.