Pitcairn Island

American  

noun

1. a small British island in the S Pacific, SE of Tuamotu Archipelago: settled 1790 by mutineers of the Bounty. 2 sq. mi. (5 sq. km).

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Pitcairn Island British  

/ ˈpɪtkɛən, pɪtˈkɛən /

noun

1. an island in the S Pacific: forms with the islands of Ducie, Henderson and Oeno (all uninhabited) a UK Overseas Territory; Pitcairn itself was uninhabited until the landing in 1790 of the mutineers of H.M.S. Bounty and their Tahitian companions. Capital: Adamstown. Pop: 48 (2012 est). Area: 4.6 sq km (1.75 sq miles)

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Example Sentences

It was no small effort for the jet-setting American to reach Pitcairn Island, which bills itself as a "must see for adventurous travellers seeking truly remote horizons".

From Barron's • May 15, 2026

He has spent months at sea on ships in the Pacific and Arctic, and once stayed on Pitcairn Island with a direct descendant of Bounty mutineer Fletcher Christian.

From Washington Post • Apr. 18, 2023

Bounty in 1789, also tolled a bell 96 times on Friday, one strike for each year of Elizabeth’s life, the Pitcairn Island Study Center in Angwin, Calif., reported.

From Washington Times • Sep. 11, 2022

Their fate wasn’t discovered until 1808, when the captain of an American merchant ship anchored just off Pitcairn Island heard a local oarsman speaking “crisp and proper English.”

From New York Times • Mar. 14, 2022

At one time only seven remained--” “For all the world like the story of Pitcairn Island and the mutineers of the ‘Bounty’!” interrupted the engineer.

From Darkness and Dawn by England, George Allan