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Henderson IslandHenderson 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. (Read more) |