Adamstown, Pitcairn Islands

Short description: Capital, the largest, and only city of the Pitcairn Islands

Adamstown

Adamstaun (Pitkern)

View of Adamstown

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Coordinates:  [ ⚑ ] : 25°4′S 130°6′W﻿ / ﻿25.067°S 130.1°W﻿ / -25.067; -130.1
Overseas territory| Pitcairn Islands
Sovereign State| United Kingdom
Island| Pitcairn
Government

• Type| No local government. Administered by government of the Pitcairn Islands
• Mayor of the Pitcairn Islands| Simon Young
Area

[1]

• Total| 4.6 km2 (1.8 sq mi)
• Land| 4.6 km2 (1.8 sq mi)
Elevation

| 330 m (1,080 ft)
Population

(2023)

• Total| 35
• Density| 7.6/km2 (20/sq mi)
Time zone| UTC−08:00
Climate| Tropical rainforest climate (Af)

Adamstown is the capital and only settlement of the Pitcairn Islands, the only British Overseas Territory that is located in the southern Pacific Ocean.

As of 2023, Adamstown has a population of 35, which is the entire population of the Pitcairn Islands. All the other islands in the group are uninhabited. Adamstown is where all residents live, while they grow food in other areas of the island.[2]

Adamstown is the third-smallest capital in the world by population. It has access to television, satellite Internet and a telephone; however, the main means of communication remains ham radio. The "Hill of Difficulty" connects the island's jetty to the town.

## Contents

* 1 History
* 2 Geography
* 2.1 Climate
* 3 Government
* 4 Personalities
* 5 Religion
* 6 See also
* 7 Notes and references
* 8 External links

## History

The history of the Pitcairn Islands begins with the settlement of the islands by Polynesians in the 11th century. The Polynesians established a culture that flourished for four centuries and then vanished. Pitcairn was settled again in 1790 by a group of British mutineers on HMS Bounty and Tahitians. Adamstown is named for the last surviving mutineer, John Adams.

## Geography

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

### Climate

Adamstown has a tropical rainforest climate (Af) under the Köppen climate classification system. The hamlet features a wet, very warm climate averaging 1,543 mm (60.74 in) of rain a year. The wettest month is December and temperatures do not vary significantly throughout the year.

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## Government

The Present Committee on Geographic Names stated that Auckland, New Zealand is the administrative centre for these islands because the Governor of Pitcairn, the British High Commissioner to New Zealand, is based in Auckland. However, the same cited document describes Adamstown as the capital of the BOT on the following page.[5]

## Personalities

* Ned Young (1762–1800)
* Fletcher Christian (1764–1793)
* John Adams (1768–1829)
* Joshua Hill (1773–1844?)
* Thursday October Christian (1790–1831)
* Steve Christian (b. 1951)
* Brenda Christian (b. 1953)
* Meralda Warren (b. 1959)

## Religion

* Adamstown Church[6]

## See also

* Bounty Bible
* HMS Bounty
* Island Council of Pitcairn
* 2004 Pitcairn Islands sexual assault trial
* List of rulers of the Pitcairn Islands

## Notes and references

1. ↑ Area of the island of Pitcairn
2. ↑ www.lareau.org/pitc.html
3. ↑ "PITCAIRN ISLAND C, PC". National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cdo-web/datasets/GHCND/stations/GHCND:PC000919640/detail.
4. ↑ "Time series: monthly PITCAIRN IS. (UK) GHCN v2 precipitation (all)". Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute. http://climexp.knmi.nl/getprcpall.cgi?id=someone@somewhere&WMO=91960&STATION=PITCAIRN_IS._(UK)&extraargs=.
5. ↑ "United Kingdom Overseas Territories – Toponymic Information". Present Committee on Geographic Names. pp. 4–5/6. https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/946074/UKOTs_Information_Paper.pdf. – Hosted on the Government of the United Kingdom website.
6. ↑ (in en) Pitcairn Islands: Country Study Guide: Strategic Information and Developments. Int'l Business Publications. 2009-09-09. ISBN 9781438791791. https://books.google.com/books?id=-D5NttfmX3wC&dq=Pitcairn+-+Church+of+Adamstown&pg=PA251.

## External links

* Pitcairn Islands travel guide from Wikivoyage

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