Flag Description

blue with the flag of the UK in the upper hoist-side quadrant and the Pitcairn Islander coat of arms centered on the outer half of the flag; the green, yellow, and blue of the shield represents the island rising from the ocean; the green field features a yellow anchor surmounted by a bible (both the anchor and the bible were items found on the HMS Bounty); sitting on the crest is a Pitcairn Island wheelbarrow from which springs a slip of miro (a local plant)

Background:Pitcairn Island was discovered in 1767 by the British and settled in 1790 by the Bounty mutineers and their Tahitian companions. Pitcairn was the first Pacific island to become a British colony (in 1838) and today remains the last vestige of that empire in the South Pacific. Outmigration, primarily to New Zealand, has thinned the population from a peak of 233 in 1937 to less than 50 today.

Total Area: 47 sq km

Land Area:47 sq km

Water Area:0 sq km

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Coastline:51 km

Lowest Point:Pacific Ocean 0 m

Highest Point:Big Ridge 347 m

Population:48 (July 2014 est.)

Population Growth Rate:0% (2014 est.)

Religion:Seventh-Day Adventist 100%

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Independence Day:none (overseas territory of the UK)

National Holiday:Birthday of Queen ELIZABETH II, second Saturday in June (1926); Discovery Day, 2 July (1767)

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