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Adamstown
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Location of Adamstown
Coordinates: 25°4′S 130°6′W / 25.067°S 130.1°W / -25.067; -130.1Coordinates: 25°4′S 130°6′W / 25.067°S 130.1°W / -25.067; -130.1
Country	United Kingdom
Territory	Pitcairn
Island	Pitcairn
Government
• Mayor	Mike Warren (2007)
Area^[1]
• Total	4.6 km² (1.8 sq mi)
• Land	4.6 km² (1.8 sq mi)
Elevation	5 m (16 ft)
Population (2007)
• Total	48
• Density	10/km² (27/sq mi)

Adamstown is the only settlement on, and as such, the capital of, the Pitcairn Islands.

Contents

1 History
2 Geography
3 Overview
4 Personalities
5 Photogallery
6 Notes and references
7 See also
8 External links

History

Main article: History of the Pitcairn Islands

Main article: Mutiny on the Bounty

Geography

Main article: Geography of the Pitcairn Islands

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.

Overview

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

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

v t e Pitcairn Islands topics

Islands and settlement	Adamstown (Pitcairn) • Ducie • Henderson • Oeno

Culture	Flag • Coat of Arms • Anthem • Pitkern

Main topics	Outline • Geography • History • Governors • Rulers • Politics • Demographics • Languages

Capitals of British administrative divisions

British Overseas Territories	Crown Dependencies	Constituent countries

The Valley, Anguilla Hamilton, Bermuda Rothera, British Antarctic Territory Diego Garcia, British Indian Ocean Territory Road Town, British Virgin Islands George Town, Cayman Islands Stanley, Falkland Islands Gibraltar, Gibraltar Plymouth (de jure), Brades (de facto), Montserrat Adamstown, Pitcairn Islands Jamestown, Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha Grytviken (de jure), King Edward Point (de facto), Sth Georgia & Sth Sandwich Islands Episkopi Cantonment, Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia Cockburn Town, Turks and Caicos Islands	Saint Helier, Jersey Saint Peter Port, Guernsey Douglas, Isle of Man	London, England and the United Kingdom Edinburgh, Scotland Cardiff, Wales Belfast, Northern Ireland

Capitals of Oceania

Capitals of non-sovereign territories shown in SmallCaps

Australasia	Melanesia	Micronesia	Polynesia

Canberra, Australia Flying Fish Cove, Christmas Island^1,3 Kingston, Norfolk Island^1,2 Wellington, New Zealand² West Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands^1,3	Dili, East Timor³ Honiara, Solomon Islands Nouméa, New Caledonia⁴ Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea⁵ Port Vila, Vanuatu Suva, Fiji	Hagåtña, Guam⁶ Majuro, Marshall Islands Ngerulmud, Palau Palikir, FS Micronesia Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands⁶ South Tarawa, Kiribati Yaren, Nauru (de facto)	Adamstown, Pitcairn Islands⁷ Alofi, Niue⁸ Apia, Samoa Avarua, Cook Islands⁸ Funafuti, Tuvalu Hanga Roa, Easter Island⁹ Honolulu, Hawaii¹⁰ Mata-Utu, Wallis and Futuna⁴ Nukuʻalofa, Tonga Fakaofo, Tokelau¹¹ Pago Pago, American Samoa⁶ Papeete, French Polynesia⁴

¹ Territory of Australia. ² Often included in Polynesia. ³ Often included in Southeast Asia. ⁴ Overseas collectivity of France. ⁵ Often included in Australasia. ⁶ Insular area of the United States. ⁷ Overseas Territory of the United Kingdom.⁸ In free association with New Zealand. ⁹ Territory of Chile. ¹⁰ U.S. state.¹¹ New Zealand dependent territory.

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