Alcohol was prohibited on Pitcairn prior to 1991, but a six-month license to import alcohol for your own consumption is now available to tourists for NZ$25. Don’t expect to buy alcohol locally; BYOB or take your chances on buying some from a passing ship.
Natural resources
Pitcairn grow on trees Miro (tree with family malwowatych) used in rękodzielnictwie, fish. In coastal areas suffer from manganese, iron, copper, gold, silver and zinc.
Military
The Pitcairn Islands are an overseas territory of the United Kingdom, meaning defence is the responsibility of the Ministry of Defence and Her Majesty’s Armed Forces.
Economy
The fertile soil of the Pitcairn valleys produces a wide variety of fruits and vegetables, including citrus, sugarcane, watermelons, bananas, yams, and beans. The inhabitants of this tiny economy exist on fishing, subsistence farming, and handicrafts, with barter being an important part of the economy. The major sources of revenue are the sale of postage stamps to collectors, honey, and the sale of handicrafts to passing ships, most of which are plying the United Kingdom to New Zealand route via the Panama Canal. Trade is restricted by the jagged geography of the island, which lacks a harbour or airstrip, forcing all trade to be made by longboat to visiting ships. Occasionally, passengers from expedition-type cruise ships will come ashore for a day, weather permitting.
The island has a labour force of 15 men and women (as of 2004).
Geography
The Pitcairn Islands form the southeasternmost extension of the geological archipelago of the Tuamotus of French Polynesia and consist of four islands: Pitcairn Island, Oeno Island (atoll with 5 islets), Henderson Island and Ducie Island (atoll with 4 islets).
The only permanently inhabited island, Pitcairn, is accessible only by boat through Bounty Bay.
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 access is difficult, its outer shores comprising steep limestone cliffs of sharp coral.
The Pitcairn Islands were formed by a center of upwelling magma called the Pitcairn hotspot.
The other islands are at a distance of more than 100 km (60 miles) and are not habitable.
When to Go
July and August are the driest months and probably the best time to go, but unless you get here aboard your own yacht, your choice is limited by the timetables of the passenger ships that call in.
Adamstown
Adamstown is the only settlement of the Pitcairn Islands, and by default, the capital of the Pitcairn Islands. It is located on the central north of the island and has a population of 50 – the entire population of the Pitcairn Islands. Adamstown currently holds the record for the smallest capital in the world, yet it still has access to television, internet, and telephone lines. The city is where most residents eat and sleep, while they mainly pick fruit and hunt for food at other areas of the island.
The Pitcairn Islands
The Pitcairn Islands , officially named the Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie, and Oeno Islands, are a group of four volcanic islands in the southern Pacific Ocean. The islands are a British overseas territory (formerly a British colony), the last remaining in the Pacific. Only Pitcairn Island — the second largest — is inhabited.
The islands are best known for being the home of the descendants of the Bounty mutineers and the Tahitians who accompanied them, an event retold in numerous books and films. This story is still apparent in the surnames of many of the islanders. With only 48 inhabitants (from nine families), Pitcairn is also notable for being the least populated jurisdiction in the world (although it is not a sovereign nation). The United Nations Committee on Decolonisation includes the Pitcairn Islands on the United Nations list of Non-Self-Governing Territories.
