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|text='''Henderson Island''' is an uninhabited raised coral atoll in the south Pacific Ocean, and the largest of the [[Pitcairn Islands]]. It lies 120 miles northeast of Pitcairn Island itself, and Pitcairners have made regular trips to Henderson to harvest the wood of miro trees and tou trees. | |text='''Henderson Island''' is an uninhabited raised coral atoll in the south Pacific Ocean, and the largest of the [[Pitcairn Islands]]. It lies 120 miles northeast of Pitcairn Island itself, and Pitcairners have made regular trips to Henderson to harvest the wood of miro trees and tou trees. | ||
This is one of the few atolls whose ecosystems have been relatively unaffected by human contact. Ten of its 51 flowering plants, all four of its land birds and about a third of the identified insects and gastropods are endemic, a remarkable diversity given the island's size. Henderson is unsuitable for agriculture and has little fresh water. Henderson was annexed to the Pitcairn Islands colony, now a was designated a World Heritage Site by the United Nations in 1988}}<noinclude> | This is one of the few atolls whose ecosystems have been relatively unaffected by human contact. Ten of its 51 flowering plants, all four of its land birds and about a third of the identified insects and gastropods are endemic, a remarkable diversity given the island's size. Henderson is unsuitable for agriculture and has little fresh water. Henderson was annexed to the Pitcairn Islands colony, now a was designated a World Heritage Site by the United Nations in 1988.}}<noinclude> | ||
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