Adamstown, Pitcairn Islands

Adamstown
Adamstown
	View of Adamstown
	Location of Adamstown
Country	United Kingdom
Territory	Pitcairn
Island	Pitcairn
Government
• Mayor	Mike Warren (2007)
Area
• Total	1.8 sq mi (4.6 km2)
• Land	1.8 sq mi (4.6 km2)
Elevation	16 ft (5 m)
Population (2007)
• Total	48

Adamstown is the only settlement of the Pitcairn Islands, and by default, the capital of the Pitcairn Islands.

History

Geography

The town is located on the central-north side of the island of Pitcairn, in front of the Pacific Ocean and close to the Bounty Bay, the only seaport of the island.

Overview

Adamstown has a population of 48, which constitutes the entire population of the Pitcairn Islands: all the other islands in the group are uninhabited. It is thus the capital of the Pitcairn Islands by default. The hamlet currently holds the record for being the smallest capital in the world, but it has access to television, satellite internet, and a new expensive telephone. The main means of communication is still the ham radio. Adamstown is where most residents eat and sleep, while they grow food in other areas of the island ^[2].

Personalities

Fletcher Christian (1764–1793)
John Adams (1768–1829)
Ned Young (1762–1800)
Thursday October Christian (1790–1831)
Meralda Warren (b. 1959)
Joshua Hill (1773-1844?)
Steve Christian (b. 1951)

Photogallery

Church of Adamstown
Bounty Bay
People landing on Bounty Bay
Bible of the Bounty in the church of Adamstown

Notes and references

^ Area of the island of Pitcairn
^ www.lareau.org/pitc.html

External links

Media related to Adamstown at Wikimedia Commons

Adamstown travel guide at Travellerspoint

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[1] Area of the island of Pitcairn

[2] www.lareau.org/pitc.html

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v t e Capitals of Oceania
Dependent territories are in italics
Australasia	Canberra, Australia Wellington, New Zealand¹
Melanesia	Honiara, Solomon Islands Nouméa, New Caledonia² Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea³ Port Vila, Vanuatu Suva, Fiji
Micronesia	Hagåtña, Guam⁴ Majuro, Marshall Islands⁵ Ngerulmud, Palau⁵ Palikir, Federated States of Micronesia⁵ Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands⁴ South Tarawa, Kiribati Yaren, Nauru (de facto)
Polynesia	Adamstown, Pitcairn Islands⁶ Alofi, Niue⁷ Apia, Samoa Avarua, Cook Islands⁷ Fakaofo, Tokelau⁸ Funafuti, Tuvalu Mata Utu, Wallis and Futuna (de facto)² Nukuʻalofa, Tonga Pago Pago, American Samoa⁴ Papeete, French Polynesia²
¹Often included in Polynesia ²Overseas collectivities or sui generis collectivity of France ³Often included in Australasia ⁴Insular area of the United States ⁵In free association with the United States ⁶Overseas Territory of the United Kingdom ⁷In free association with New Zealand ⁸New Zealand dependent territory