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Henderson Island is an uninhabited island in the south Pacific Ocean.It is part of the Pitcairn Island Group, together with Pitcairn, Oeno, and Ducie Islands. Measuring 9.6 by 5.1 kilometres (6.0 mi × 3.2 mi), it has an area of 37.3 km 2 (14.4 sq mi) and is located 193 km (104 nmi; 120 mi) northeast of Pitcairn Island, which is the only inhabited island of the group.
Henderson Island accounts for 86% of the land area, but only Pitcairn Island is inhabited. The inhabited islands nearest to the Pitcairn Islands are Mangareva (of French Polynesia ), 688 km to the west, [ note 2 ] as well as Easter Island , 1,929 km to the east.
Map of Pitcairn Islands. The Pitcairn Islands are a group of four islands in the south Pacific Ocean: the group comprises Pitcairn Island (a volcanic island), Henderson Island (an uplifted coral island), and two coral atolls, Oeno Island and Ducie Island.
The Gambier Islands are mostly high volcanic islands, with Mangareva reaching 435 meters elevation. [1] Map of the Tuamotu and Gambier islands Map of the Pitcairn Islands. Pitcairn Island is a volcanic island that reaches 350 meters elevation. Henderson is a raised limestone plateau. [1] The other Pitcairn Islands, Ducie and Oeno, are atolls.
The history of the Pitcairn Islands begins with the colonization of the islands by Polynesians in the 11th century. Polynesian people established a culture that flourished for four centuries and then vanished. They lived on Pitcairn and Henderson Islands, and on Mangareva Island 540 kilometres (340 mi) to the northwest, for about 400 years.
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Henderson Island may refer to: Henderson Island (Pitcairn Islands), in the southern Pacific Ocean; Henderson Island (Shackleton Ice Shelf), in Antarctica; Henderson Island (Colorado), located in the South Platte River, US; See John D. Henderson; Henderson Island (Kentucky), located in the Ohio River, US; See List of islands by name (H)
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