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The Pitcairn Islands group are made up of Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie and Oeno Islands. Pitcairn is the only inhabited island. The island is a small volcanic outcrop situated in the South Pacific at latitude 25.04 south and longitude 130.06 west. It is roughly 2170km (1350 miles) east south-east of Tahiti, 5310km (3300 miles) east north-east of its administrative headquarters in Auckland, and just over 6600km (4100 miles) from Panama.
Pitcairn Island is a rugged island of formidable cliffs of reddish-brown and black volcanic rock. It is an irregular shape, with nowhere giving easy access to the sea. From the ridge above the landing at Bounty Bay to Christian Point at the western extremity - the cliffs are sheer and inhospitable, capped by nothing more than volcanic ash and scrub. Many of the land shapes on the western side are also very steep. The highest point, only a few hundred metres from the coast, rises 347 metres above sea level. In the north the land rises a little less sharply, from 60 metres to 270 metres and the central slopes of Flatland run almost gently downwards to the northeast and the settlement of Adamstown.
