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Published Date: 04 April 2025

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**A Researcher in International Relations with a Focus on Security, Political and Economic Risks for Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and International Trade**

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Pitcairn Islands, UK

Distance from Pitcairn Islands to UK: 14,892 Km (Straight line distance Capital-to-Capital in Km, Map Developers)

Pitcairn Islands includes four islands: Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie and Oeno. Pitcairn Island has been a British Colony since the 18th century when mutineers from the British Bounty Settled on Pitcairn Islands (see below), although, Pitcairn Island formally annexed by the British only at the end of the 19th century, still, the other third islands - Henderson, Oeno and Ducie - were annexed too by the British at the start of the 20th century. Pitcairn Islands was under the British colony Fiji until its Independence, while after that until today, Pitcairn Islands has the sovereignty status of British Overseas Territory namely, Pitcairn Islands has an appointed British Governor who takes care for the British interests on Pitcairn Islands. Besides, Pitcairn Islands has a local mayor that takes care of the daily administrative issues of Pitcairn Islands. Nevertheless, despite the small population, Pitcairn Islands weighs the option of self-determination (see below). Moreover, during the Pitcairn Islands’ sex abuse trial that includes more than half of the men of Pitcairn Islands (see below), the offenders argued that the British sovereignty over Pitcairn Islands is unconstitutional because its population is descended of the Bounty, which had de-facto renounced their British citizenship by committing a mutiny on the Bounty in 1790. Note, Until today, Pitcairn Islands celebrated the Bounty Day in commemoration of the burning of Bounty by the mutineers in 1790.

Governor of Pitcairn Islands: Iona Thomas (Since August 2022) https://www.gov.uk/government/people/iona-thomas
Mayor of Pitcairn Islands: Simon Young https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/04/28/simon-young-mayor-pitcairn-islands-starlink-elon-musk/
History of Pitcairn Islands https://www.government.pn/history
Government of Pitcairn Islands https://www.government.pn/

Pitcairn Islands includes four islands: Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie and Oeno

Population

One of the Prominent Religious Sites

**Adamstown, Pitcairn Island, Pitcairn Islands**

Key Figures of the Territory, Global Position, Alliances, and 2024 Global Survival Rank (GSR)

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Key Figures of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and International Trade

Source: Observatory of Economic Complexity

Profile

Pitcairn Islands - Britannica https://www.britannica.com/place/Pitcairn-Island
Pitcairn Islands - World Factbook https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/pitcairn-islands/

Interview about Protecting Environment on Pitcairn Islands

Research Papers and Research Books

The marine environment of the Pitcairn Islands Irving, R., & Dawson, T. (2012). The marine environment of the Pitcairn Islands. Pew Environment Group.
The real bounty: marine biodiversity in the Pitcairn Islands Friedlander, A. M., Caselle, J. E., Ballesteros, E., Brown, E. K., Turchik, A., & Sala, E. (2014). The real bounty: marine biodiversity in the Pitcairn Islands. PloS one, 9(6), e100142.
The Pitcairn Islands Irving, R. A., Dawson, T. P., & Christian, M. (2019). The Pitcairn Islands. In World Seas: an Environmental Evaluation (pp. 743-764). Academic Press.
Systematic review of the land snails of the Pitcairn Islands Preece, R. (1995). Systematic review of the land snails of the Pitcairn Islands. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 56(1-2), 273-307.
Coral reefs of the Pitcairn Islands Irving, R., & Dawson, T. (2013). Coral reefs of the Pitcairn Islands. In Coral reefs of the United Kingdom overseas territories (pp. 299-318). Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands.
The Pitcairn Islands, South Pacific Ocean: plate tectonic and climatic contexts Spencer, T. (1995). The Pitcairn Islands, South Pacific Ocean: plate tectonic and climatic contexts. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 56(1‐2), 13-42.
Giving birth to hotspot volcanoes: distribution and composition of young seamounts from the seafloor near Tahiti and Pitcairn islands Devey, C. W., Lackschewitz, K. S., Mertz, D. F., Bourdon, B., Cheminée, J. L., Dubois, J., ... & Stoffers, P. (2003). Giving birth to hotspot volcanoes: distribution and composition of young seamounts from the seafloor near Tahiti and Pitcairn islands. Geology, 31(5), 395-398.
Reconstructed marine fisheries catches at a remote island group: Pitcairn Islands (1950–2014) Coghlan, A. R., White, R., Dawson, T. P., Irving, R. A., Zeller, D., & Palomares, M. L. (2017). Reconstructed marine fisheries catches at a remote island group: Pitcairn Islands (1950–2014). Frontiers in Marine Science, 4, 320.
The politics of Pacific Ocean conservation: lessons from the Pitcairn Islands marine reserve Alger, J., & Dauvergne, P. (2017). The politics of Pacific Ocean conservation: lessons from the Pitcairn Islands marine reserve. Pacific Affairs, 90(1), 29-50.
Climate change impacts on the coral reefs of the UK Overseas Territory of the Pitcairn Islands: resilience and adaptation considerations Lincoln, S., Cowburn, B., Howes, E. L., Birchenough, S., Pinnegar, J. K., Dye, S., ... & Townhill, B. L. (2022). Climate change impacts on the coral reefs of the UK Overseas Territory of the Pitcairn Islands: resilience and adaptation considerations. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 102(7), 535-549.
New distribution records of the coconut crab (Birgus latro) in eastern Polynesia on Oeno Atoll, Henderson Island, and Ducie Atoll, Pitcairn Islands Bond, A. L., & Lavers, J. L. (2024). New distribution records of the coconut crab (Birgus latro) in eastern Polynesia on Oeno Atoll, Henderson Island, and Ducie Atoll, Pitcairn Islands. Pacific Conservation Biology, 30(6).
Royal Navy Dental Deployment to the Pitcairn Islands February 2022 Military Assistance to Civilian Authority John, K. (2022). Royal Navy Dental Deployment to the Pitcairn Islands February 2022 Military Assistance to Civilian Authority. British Dental Journal, 233(3), 181.
The Unique Prosecution in the British Pitcairn Islands Zheng, W., & Bo, Q. (2023). The Unique Prosecution in the British Pitcairn Islands. In Human Rights in a Changing World: Reflections on Fundamental Challenges (pp. 237-259). Wiesbaden: Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden.
Remoteness and myth making: Tourism development on Pitcairn Island Amoamo, M. (2011). Remoteness and myth making: Tourism development on Pitcairn Island. Tourism Planning & Development, 8(1), 1-19.

Historical Background and Historical Perspective

The Bounty: The true story of the mutiny on the Bounty Alexander, C. (2004). The Bounty: The true story of the mutiny on the Bounty. Penguin.
Mr Bligh's bad language: Passion, power and theatre on the Bounty Dening, G. (1994). Mr Bligh's bad language: Passion, power and theatre on the Bounty. Cambridge University Press.
Mutiny on the Bounty Nordhoff, C., Hall, J. N., & Sedgwick, E. (1932). Mutiny on the Bounty (p. 0). Boston: Little, Brown.
Mutiny of the Bounty and Story of Pitcairn Island 1790-1894 Young, R. A. (2003). Mutiny of the Bounty and Story of Pitcairn Island 1790-1894. The Minerva Group, Inc..
Bounty chords: Music, dance and cultural heritage on Norfolk and Pitcairn islands Hayward, P. (2006). Bounty chords: Music, dance and cultural heritage on Norfolk and Pitcairn islands. Indiana University Press.
The Mutineers of the Bounty and Their Descendants in Pitcairn and Norfolk Islands Belcher, L. D. J. (1870). The Mutineers of the Bounty and Their Descendants in Pitcairn and Norfolk Islands... With Illustrations. John Murray.
Law in Isolation: The Legal History of Pitcairn Island, 1900-2010 Eshleman, M. O. (2011). Law in Isolation: The Legal History of Pitcairn Island, 1900-2010. ILSA J. Int'l & Comp. L., 18, 17.
Lost paradise: From mutiny on the Bounty to a modern-day legacy of sexual mayhem, the dark secrets of Pitcairn Island revealed Marks, K. (2009). Lost paradise: From mutiny on the Bounty to a modern-day legacy of sexual mayhem, the dark secrets of Pitcairn Island revealed. Simon and Schuster.
Henderson Island prehistory: colonization and extinction on a remote Polynesian island Weisler, M. I. (1995). Henderson Island prehistory: colonization and extinction on a remote Polynesian island. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 56(1-2), 377-404.