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	Pitcairn Islands
		The island's perimeter is 26.4 km; of this, 16.5 km is encircled by a fringing reef.
		It is on northern rim of the atoll, at 23°54′44″S, 130°43′37″W. Oeno Island
		Ducie Island is an uninhabited island and atoll of the south Pacific Ocean, annexed to the Pitcairn Islands colony in 1902.
	www.britlink.org /pitcairn.htm (1693 words)

	Ina Koys visits Oeno Island
		As Pitcairn Island is a high volcanic island with no fringing coral reef, and only a very small beach, the Pitcairners travel 80 miles to the north of their home to visit Oeno Island, a tropical atoll with a central protected lagune.
		As Oeno Island may only be visited with the prior permission of the Commissioner for Pitcairn Islands in New Zealand, the islanders feel free to leave their possessions on the island, knowing they will not be taken or vandalized.
		Oeno Island is as flat as atolls usually are, with mangrove shrubs, pandanus and smaller herbs on it.
	www.winthrop.dk /koys1.html (2111 words)

	Pitcairn Islands travel guide - Wikitravel
		Emigration – first to Norfolk Island and mostly to New Zealand in the last century – and a nearly-prohibitive approach to immigration have thinned the population from a peak of 233 in 1937 to less than 50.
		Furthermore, the island was rocked in 2004 by accusations of chronic and ubiquitous sexual abuse of the community's young female members (including pre-adolescent girls), and the subsequent investigation of much of the adult male population (including several who were no longer living there), six of whom were sentenced to terms in prison.
		Oeno is a small, flat island (accompanied by another sandy island known as "Sandy Island") surrounded by a circular reef, a typical South-Pacific paradise with palm trees, lovely beaches, and a sheltered lagoon.
	wikitravel.org /en/Pitcairn_Islands (2599 words)

	EO Newsroom: New Images - Island Evolution, Part 2: Oeno Island
		Sitting approximately 280 kilometers northwest of Pitcairn Island in the South Pacific, Oeno is a prime example of a tropical island in the middle stages of its development.
		This image of Oeno was taken on June 16, 2006, by the Advanced Land Imager on NASA’s EO-1 satellite as part of a Mid-decadal Global Land Survey.
		Island Evolution, Part 1: Pitcairn Island is the first in a three-part series of images that illustrates the evolution of tropical islands to atolls.
	earthobservatory.nasa.gov /Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=17349 (366 words)

	Pitcairn Islands Study Center
		Several ships have been wrecked on Oeno’s reef, perhaps the most notable being the American clipper Wild Wave, Captain Josiah N. Knowles, which while in ballast from San Francisco was wrecked on the Oeno reef on March 15, 1857 (Ford, Pitcairn: Port of Call, 1996).
		Oeno is a beautiful island, untouched and surrounded by white sandy beaches.
		Oeno is also a retreat for the Pitcairners, who usually make a trip during the summer to enjoy the beaches that Pitcairn does not have.
	library.puc.edu /pitcairn/pitcairn/oeno.shtml (282 words)

	Report from John and Jean Frazier - Spring 1998 - V (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		The winds were fairly high and we circled the island a couple of times.
		Between the reef and the island is a large lagoon.
		Oeno island is surrounded by a lagoon that is formed by the coral ring surrounding the island at quite a distance.
	www.winthrop.dk /oeno (228 words)

	UK Overseas Territories Association - Pitcairn Island (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		The group of islands is the last remaining British Overseas Territory in the Pacific.
		Pitcairn is a small volcanic island situated in the South Pacific Ocean at latitude 25°04’ south and 130°06’ west.
		The island is of irregular shape, some 3.2km (2 miles) long by 1.6km (1 mile) wide and its area is approximately 1120 acres (450 hectares).
	www.ukota.org /pitcairn_island.asp (547 words)

	Matthew's Stuff : Remote Islands of the South Pacific (Part 3)
		Ducie Island was discovered on 16th March 1791 by the notorious Captain Edward Edwards of HMS Pandora while on his way to Tahiti in search of the Bounty mutineers.
		The landscape of the island was remarkably different to that of Ducie, with high cliffs of limestone dotted with pandanas and coconut palms in amongst the lower lying shrubs.
		The Australs are comprised of five inhabited islands - Rimatara, Rurutu, Tubuai, Raivavae and Rapa - flanked by two uninhabited atolls - Marie (Hull) Island to the west and Marotiri (Bass) Island to the east.
	matthew.mumford.com /Remote-Islands-Expedition-Log-3.htm (3769 words)

	Pitcairn Islands - Oeno (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Oeno, located 121 km northwest of Pitcairn Island, is a small circular-shaped atoll formation of 1.6 km² in area.
		The atoll rises steeply from the ocean bed and consists of an encircling reef crest that encloses a shallow lagoon averaging 3-6 m in depth.
		The largest island — Oeno — is densely vegetated with atoll forest, Pandanus, Coconut and scrub, while Sandy Island (on the north side) forms a small shifting sand cay.
	www.oceandots.com /pacific/pitcairn/oeno.htm (130 words)

	Pitcairn News - News and Information about Pitcairn Island (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		A recent survey of the island produced at least eight new records and two possibly undescribed species; the total indigenous vascular flora numbers some 80 taxa of which ten are thought to be endemic.
		Oeno is one of the islands in the Pitcairn group.
		A description of the to-be-released Pitcairn Island stamps commemorating the solar eclipse that is to occur on the 8th April 2005.
	www.pitcairnnews.co.nz /050222.html (332 words)

	Living Archipelagos - Proposed Sites
		Oeno is a flat coral island surrounded by a broad reef.
		Oeno is apparently in the breeding range of Murphy’s Petrel (Zimmer 1992).
		The Khandeish was wrecked on Oeno in 1875 (GBNID 1941-43).
	www.livingarchipelagos.org /sitepage.asp?name=Oeno (550 words)

	Protected Areas Programme - (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Hepburn (in prep) recommends that the island be made rat-free to provide a secure nesting site for seabirds, especially gadfly petrels (Pterodroma spp.) which are heavily predated by Polynesian Rats on Henderson.
		Coconut Crabs (Birgus latro) occur on the island, and the undisturbed lagoon supports prolific fish populations.
		Scientists from the Pitcairn Islands Scientific Expedition (based on Henderson) visited the island at approximately three-monthly intervals during 1991 and early 1992.
	www.unep-wcmc.org /protected_areas/data/pacific/wetlands/oeno_atl.htm (576 words)

	Oeno Island
		Of the four islands in the group, Pitcairn itself is the only one permanently inhabited.
		To spend time relaxing in the unspoilt beauty of Oeno is indeed a special kind of holiday.
		Over the years, readers of the Pitcairn Miscellany will be familiar with accounts of exciting, adventurous, unpredictable journeys to this dot in the ocean and, occasionally, of tragedies averted.
	www.stamps.gov.pn /oenoisland.htm (983 words)

	PITCAIRN TODAY
		The Pitcairn Island group – consisting of Pitcairn Henderson, Oeno and Ducie – are governed as a British colony through an administrative headquarters in New Zealand.
		Island government workers, among the native population, are modestly salaried (most hold positions of varied importance and expertise); a small pension is paid for those over 65 years.
		Oeno Island is another place for an outing.
	www.onlinepitcairn.com /pitcairn_today.htm (2268 words)

	ONEO_ISS.html
		2 km north of the uninhabited OENO Island (120 km northwest of Pitcairn Island).
		Near the center of the atoll there is a large island covered with trees; Sandy Island lies in the center of the N part of the reef.
		In 1978, the N ends of both islets were being eroded, and the S end of Sandy Island and the E extremity of the center islet were extending.
	nicmosis.as.arizona.edu:8000 /ECLIPSE_WEB/ECLIPSE_05/ONEO_ISS.html (821 words)

	Pitcairn Island Web Site: The home of the descendants of the Bounty Mutineers
		The Miscellany, Pitcairn Island's newspaper, is full of island news, stories of trips to Oeno and Henderson Island, monthly fish catch, ship arrivals, local gossip, birthdays, articles written by vistors, events and activities that have happened during each particular month.
		Pitcairn Island has a population of approximately 50 persons, give or take a few, of which 6 are the families of the pastor and schoolteacher from abroad.
		The Bibliography of HMS Bounty, William Bligh and Pitcairn Island
	www.lareau.org /pitc.html (2535 words)

	Pitcairn
		Pitcairn Island's flag is a Blue Ensign with the island's Coat of Arms in the centre.
		The design was suggested by the Pitcairn Island Council in December 1980 and approved by HM The Queen in April 1984.
		And for the Crest on a Wreath Or and Vert on a Mount Vert a representation of the Pitcairn Island Wheelbarrow in front of a Slip of Miro leaved and fructed proper.
	www.crwflags.com /fotw/flags/pn.html (506 words)

	PITCAIRN ISLAND SOLAR ECLIPSE 2005
		On the 8th of April, 2005 a Annular Solar Eclipse was experienced by a long narrow band of the Pacific Ocean.
		Oeno is uninhabited but the rare chance to witness such an event was not to be missed by the many Eclipse chasers and so two cruise ships converged on the area locating themselves about 10 km north of Oeno where totality was at its maximim time length.
		With careful planning and the help of the Pitcairn Island Philatelic Bureau and friends on board the cruise ship "Discovery" we were able to arrange some rare "Oeno Island Solar Eclipse" covers and postcards.
	www.newzeal.com /theme/Pitcairn/pitcairneclipse.htm (505 words)

	shipwrecks
		Leaving thirty men on Oeno the captain and six others sailed one of the ship's boats to Pitcairn which they found to be uninhabited, the population having been removed to Norfolk Island two years earlier.
		Unfortunately, as the boat passed from the smooth waters of the lagoon into the surf, it capsized and the captain was drowned.
		Upon reaching Pitcairn the crew and passengers were treated to the customary hospitality before being taken from the island before being taken from the island by the "Leicester Castle".
	www.stamps.gov.pn /shipwrecks.htm (627 words)

	Map of Pitcairn
		AREA: 47 square kilometers, or about 1/3 the size of Washington, D.C. The main island, Pitcairn, is a rugged half crater of about 2 square miles girded by precipitous coastal cliffs rising 1,100 feet from the ocean.
		Of four relatively close islands — Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie, and Oeno Island — only Pitcairn is inhabited.
		Pitcairn was the first South Pacific island to come under British colonial power, and the last to remain so.
	www.polynesia.com /maps/pitcairnmap.html (249 words)

	Voyage Log Reports Pitcairn
		Ducie Island lies nearly 300 nm East from Pitcairn, Henderson about 100nm ENE, and Oeno Island is situated 75nm NNW of Pitcairn.
		Oeno and Ducie are low lying atolls and Pitcairn a volcanic island while Henderson is a Makatea Island, meaning an old coral atoll that has been uplifted so exposing the coral rock high above the sea.
		This was the leg from Cocos Island to the Galapagos.
	www.sorenlarsen.co.nz /archive/2000/Voylog2000/voyage_log_2000_15.html (1584 words)

	TSE2005_OVERVIEW.html
		Oeno Island is the closest the path of totality will approach land, but for those seeking a point on land to view totality - there isn't one!
		Oeno Atoll/Island (aka on some maps "Sand" or "Sandy Island"; one of two areas of "land" within the confines of the atoll) is NOT in the path of totality:
		Oeno Island -- "A miss is as good as a mile" on 08 April 2005 - literally in this case.
	nicmosis.as.arizona.edu:8000 /ECLIPSE_WEB/ECLIPSE_05/TSE2005.html (455 words)

	The Crusoes of Pitcairn's Island
		Our first fear was that the island was inhabited by cannibals, as were many of the neighboring islands, but upon close inspection we found that our source Of alarm, was groundless.
		Cast away upon a desolate island, my only chance of rescue being in the possibility of attracting the attention of some passing vessel, or taking to the boats in the attempt to reach some inhabited land.
		Stood over to the island of Ohevahoa, but the wind was light and we were unable to reach it and stood for Nukahiva.
	www.nobbly.com /archive/stories/wildwave.html (8979 words)

	Wake of the Bounty Total Eclipse Itinerary Page 2
		Far-flung and intriguingly notorious, this tiny island towers high in the history and imagination of the South Pacific.
		The mutiny on the Bounty is a tale that needs no introduction — today we will meet descendents of the infamous mutineers and tour their history-studded isle and see Bounty artifacts on display in the village.
		Several miles off the coast of Oeno Island, we will be privileged to be among the few people on earth to be in the right place for this total solar eclipse.
	www.tq-international.com /BountyCruise/Bountyitinerary2.htm (433 words)

	Clipper Ships - Cape Cod, OLD MANSE INN
		Josiah fixed their position at Oeno Island, a spit of barrier land, that was so far out of the shipping lanes, that it made rescue - and survival - impossible.
		Torrential rains, howling winds and lightening strikes, swept the island on the first night, and carnivorous land crabs made their way into the sailor’s sleeping blankets, to hack at the crew’s flesh indiscriminately.
		And, while the island was home to bananas, breadfruit and orange trees, the wild boars threatened them at every turn - especially since they had no defense given the destruction of their only weapon in the surf.
	www.oldmanseinn.com /cape_cod_clippers_ships.htm (1033 words)

	Memories of Pitcairn
		Jay seems to be aiming the boat directly at cliff at alarming speed but, at the last possible moment, he turns abruptly to the left and ducks behind a steel and cement breakwater into a calm but tiny harbor.
		The island is tiny, a finger of volcanic rock jutting out of the sea.
		Of the entire island gathering in the town hall to host us with a sumptuous potluck dinner and singing haunting 18th century songs in acapella harmony.
	pvs.kcc.hawaii.edu /rapanui/pitcairnmemories.html (459 words)

	South Sea Islands
		Thor Heyerdahl's magical account of a one year adventure on the island of Fatu Hiva in the Marquesas Islands.
		The mysterious Marquesas islands, where famous people like Robert Louis Stevenson, Herman Melville and Paul Gauguin found a world that literally scorched the senses.
		Listen to the mystical exotic sounds of the islands, from one of the great masters of mood music- Quiet Village, Tahiti, The ancient Galleon etc.
	www.geocities.com /marbledustus/islands.html (514 words)

	Pitcairn News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Gill said those on the Paul Gauguin will be visiting Henderson Island (128 degrees W, 24 degrees S), another of the Pitcairn island group, today (Thursday) before moving to the eclipse viewing position not far from Oeno Island (130 degrees W, 23.9 degrees S).
		The remote South Pacific Ocean location off Oeno Island is considered to be the most favorable spot in the world for viewing the “total” eclipse.
		Pitcairn Island (130 degrees W, 25 degrees S) a tiny, volcanic outcropping from the floor of the South Pacific Ocean, is located roughly midway between Panama and New Zealand.
	onlinepitcairn.com /information/news/6bapril2005.htm (364 words)

	DISCOVERY
		The vessel was built in 1972 in Germany as the "Island Venture" but spent the 1974 to 2001 period as the "Island Princess" of Princess Cruises.
		MV Discovery was en route from Pitcairn Island to Easter Island, and in the narrow 16-mile corridor from which the complete eclipse of the Sun could be observed.
		Observers and eclipse-chasers aboard MV Discovery described the occurrence to be “the most colorful eclipse they have yet witnessed.” What made this solar eclipse particularly special was the near-perfect match in apparent size between the Sun and Moon.
	www.newzeal.com /theme/Ships/Cruise/discovery.htm (633 words)

	The Pitcairn Island Photo Album
		Oeno Island, 80 miles to the north, is Pitcairn's vacation spot.
		Taro Ground is the largest piece of flat land on the island, and the only viable location (although a bit shorter than safety requires) for any airfield that might be considered.
		A rarely documented citizen of Pitcairn, she traveled from the Galapagos Islands, and is now part of Pitcairn society.
	www.lareau.org /album.html (1944 words)

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