The Pitcairn Islands

• Main Authors: Irving, Robert A., Dawson, Terence P., Christian, Michele
• Format: Book Part
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2018
• Subjects: Coral reefs; Ducie atoll; Fisheries; Fisheries management plan; Henderson Island; Marine protected area; Marine-borne litter; Near-pristine; Oeno atoll; Pitcairn Island; Remote location; Seamounts; Small population; Tourism; Pacific
• Online Access: https://kclpure.kcl.ac.uk/portal/en/publications/the-pitcairn-islands(c5cb76ed-13ba-4cf1-a4fb-f74e0aea9017).html; https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-08-100853-9.00042-7; http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85080815481&partnerID=8YFLogxK

The Pitcairn Islands are a remote group of four, widely separated islands in the central South Pacific, southeast of the Gambier Islands of French Polynesia. They mark the easternmost extent of the Indo-Pacific biogeographical province. Two (Oeno and Ducie) are small coral atolls, one is a raised co...