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Pitcairn Islands - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography (1724 words) |
 | Pitcairn was the son of British Revolutionary War Marine Officer John Pitcairn, who was second in command of British forces stationed in Massachusetts during the American Revolutionary War. |
| Captain Pitcairn was fatally wounded in one of the most defining battles of the war, the Battle of Bunker Hill on June 17, 1775. |
| Henderson Island, covering about 67% of the territory's total land area, and supporting a rich variety of animals in its nearly inaccessible interior, is also capable of supporting a small human population, but it is hard to get there and back, its outer shores being comprised of uniformly steep limestone cliffs of sharp coral. |
| Flag of the Pitcairn Islands - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (241 words) |
| The Flag of the Pitcairn Islands was adopted on April 2, 1984. |
| It is a Blue Ensign, with the Union Flag in the canton and the coat of arms of the Pitcairn Islands in the fly. |
| The Governor of the Pitcairn Islands has a separate flag, the Union Flag defaced with the coat of arms. |
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