Signal verified · updated 2026-09-03
Pitcairn Island
Home of the Bounty mutineers' descendants; ~40 residents on the last British territory in the South Pacific.
- Formation
- volcanic (steep cliffs, Bounty Bay landing, no surrounding reef harbour)
- Population
- 40
- Water
- Pacific Ocean
- Access
- expedition only
Every required movement
The passage
to Pitcairn Island.
No airport: passenger/cargo ship MV Silver Supporter from Mangareva (Gambier; fly Tahiti–GMR), ~32 h; berths limited, book via the Pitcairn government.
- 01None — Totegegie, Mangareva (GMR) then ship
Nearest recorded air access
Schedule or condition may change · verify - 02Water crossing
MV Silver Supporter (Pitcairn Government) from Mangareva; expedition cruise ships by permit.
Schedule or condition may change · verify - 03Entry check
Landing fee and prior clearance via the Pitcairn Island Office; limited stays.
Schedule or condition may change · verify
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Only inhabited island of its group, settled 1790 by nine Bounty mutineers with Tahitian companions. First Pacific island to become a British colony (1838). Accessible only by sea via Bounty Bay.
Early Polynesian settlement then abandonment; Carteret 1767; Bounty mutineers settle 1790; rediscovered 1808; British colony 1838; Norfolk relocation 1856 with partial return 1859.
Field ledger
The useful
details.
- Coordinates
- 25.07° S · 130.10° W
- Sovereignty
- United Kingdom · overseas territory
- Nearest mainland
- Gambier Islands (~540 km west); New Zealand (~5,300 km southwest)
- Best recorded window
- April–October (drier, calmer seas).
- Permits / entry
- Landing fee and prior clearance via the Pitcairn Island Office; limited stays.
- Languages
- English, Pitkern
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