About the Island - VP6WR Pitcairn

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Pitcairn Island is one of the most remote inhabited islands in the world, currently with a population of around fifty.

Situated about half-way between New Zealand and South America, Pitcairn is a tiny speck in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, rising to a maximum height of around 345 metres. It measures barely one mile wide by about two miles long!
Satellite view of Pitcairn
Adamstown (capital of Pitcairn)
Location, and maps of Pitcairn
Bill Rothwell G0VDE
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