The Pitcairn Islands are a group of four volcanic islands in the remote southern Pacific Ocean, forming the only British Overseas Territory in the Pacific. The four islands, Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie and Oeno, are scattered across several hundred kilometers of ocean and together cover a combined land area of about 47 square kilometers. Only Pitcairn Island itself is inhabited, with the settlement of Adamstown as its sole community, and the territory remains under British sovereignty with its own local government.
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The Pitcairn Islands ( PIT-kairn; Pitkern: Pitkern Ailen), officially Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie and Oeno Islands, are a group of four volcanic islands in the southern Pacific Ocean that form the sole British Overseas Territory in the Pacific Ocean.
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In March 2015 the British government established one of the largest marine protected areas in the world around the Pitcairn Islands.
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The Pitcairn Islands ( PIT-kairn; Pitkern: Pitkern Ailen), officially Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie and Oeno Islands, are a group of four volcanic islands in the southern Pacific Ocean that form the sole British Overseas Territory in the Pacific Ocean.
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Pitcairn Island is a volcanic remnant primarily formed of tuff, where the north side of the cone has been eroded.
Caused By: Volcanism, Lead paragraph
The Pitcairn Islands ( PIT-kairn; Pitkern: Pitkern Ailen), officially Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie and Oeno Islands, are a group of four volcanic islands in the southern Pacific Ocean that form the sole British Overseas Territory in the Pacific Ocean
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