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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.
The Pitcairn Islands (/ ... Pitcairn is the only permanently inhabited island. Adamstown, the main settlement on the island, lies within the volcanic basin. [43]
In 1999, a New Zealander visiting the island, Ricky Quinn, was sentenced by island magistrate Jay Warren to 100 days in prison for underage sex with a 15-year-old Pitcairn girl. [ 8 ] In 2002, the Queen-in-Council made the Pitcairn (Amendment) Order 2002, which paved the way for a trial based on Pitcairn law to be held in New Zealand in 2004.
The island is of volcanic origin, with a rugged cliff coastline. Unlike many other South Pacific islands, it is not surrounded by coral reefs that protect the coast. The only access to the island is via a small pier on Bounty Bay. Adamstown is the sole settlement. Pawala Valley Ridge is the island's highest point at 346 m above sea level.
The earliest known settlers of the Pitcairn Islands were Polynesians who appear to have settled on Pitcairn and Henderson Islands by at least the 11th Century, [1] and on the more populous Mangareva Island 540 kilometres (340 mi) to the northwest, for several centuries.
The Pitcairn Islands Police, is the police force responsible for the Pitcairn Islands, a British overseas territory, With just two Constables, it is the smallest British police force. In the aftermath of child sexual abuse revelations , the force did briefly number five constables including Ministry of Defence Police officers on temporary ...
Pitcairn Island was sighted on 3 July 1767 by the crew of the British sloop HMS Swallow, commanded by Captain Philip Carteret. The island was named after Scottish midshipman Robert Pitcairn, a fifteen-year-old crew member who was the first to sight the island. “we discovered land to the northward of us.
The Adamstown Church, [1] or alternatively Adamstown Adventist Church, [2] is a religious building affiliated with the Seventh-day Adventist Church, located in the town of Adamstown [3] in the Pitcairn Islands, a dependent territory of the United Kingdom in Oceania, at an isolated end of the Pacific Ocean.