The limestones are of late Tertiary age and were exposed about 380,000 years ago (Spencer & Pawlay, 1989; Blake,1995). There are no human inhabitants, no industrial facilities. The primary coordinates for Henderson Island places it within the TN 37725 ZIP Code delivery area. Persons per household, 2016-2020. [14], Between July and November 2011 a partnership of the Pitcairn Islands Government and the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds implemented a poison baiting programme aimed at eradicating the Pacific rat. What should have been pristine sandy beaches are littered with trashfishing nets and floats, water bottles, helmets, and large, rectangular pieces of plastic. A group of 12 of us had made a six-day journey to the Pitcairn Islands group to study and clean up an enormous expanse of plastic rubbish washed onto Henderson by ocean currents. The depression at the island's center is thought to be a raised lagoon. The back story. Es particularmente importante por sus diez especies endmicas de plantas y cuatro de aves terrestres. Access to Henderson requires a licence issued by the Governor (through the Pitcairn Island Administration office) in consultation with the Island Council. In total, 19 genera and 29 species of coral were collected in 1987 (Paulay, 1987). (Brooke et al., 2004). The island is very important for its large breeding population of seabirds, estimated at 50,000-80,000 pairs, at least nine species of which breed on the island: Henderson petrel Pterodroma atrata (EN: the worlds largest breeding population), phoenix petrel P.alba (EN), Murphy's petrel P. ultima (thousands), herald petrel P. heraldica (30,000 pairs), Kermadec petrel P. neglecta (10-20,000 pairs), wedge-tailed shearwater Puffinus pacificus, masked booby Sula dactylatra (50-60 pairs), red-footed boobies S. sula (a few hundred pairs), great frigatebirds Fregata minor 100 pairs), red-tailed tropicbird Phaethon rubricauda (2-300 pairs), brown noddy Anous stolida (100 pairs), black noddy A. minutus (a few), blue noddy Procelsterna cerulea (10 pairs), and fairy tern Gygis alba (thousands). A list of 305 marine molluscs recorded from Henderson is given in Fosberg et al. Atoll Res.Bull. (possibly H. trigonarius) is locally abundant on the sloping marginal reefs and shallow reef flat of the northern beach. Atoll Res.Bull. The surrounding ocean tidal range is about one metre at spring tide. The other islands are at a distance of more than 100 km (62 mi). Henderson Island lies on the outskirts of the Southern Pacific Gyre, a large rotating ocean current circling between Australia and South America, bounded by the Equator. The principal sources for the above information were the original nomination for World Heritage status and the 2004 Management Plan. State of Conservation of the World Heritage Properties in Europe. Polynesian Rats, introduced some centuries ago, have been shown to deplete native bird populations. Henderson Island lies 107 miles east-north-east of Pitcairn (nearly 200 miles west-north-west of Ducie) at 24 degrees 22 minutes South, 128 degrees 20 minutes West. It is the only inhabited island of the British overseas territory of Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie, and Oeno Islands, which is commonly referred to as the Pitcairn Islands or as Pitcairn. It was here, in 1789, the mutineers of the HMS Bounty sought safe heaven, eventually settling on the island of Pitcairn, located some 190 km away from Henderson. UNESCO World Heritage Committee (2010). Geology and Geomorphology of Henderson Island. Nomination of Henderson Island for Inclusion in the World Heritage List. Atoll Research Bulletin, 329: 1-18. Temporary impoundment of the crake chicks should avoid killing them too (UNESCO, 2010). Tides are semidiurnal and the tidal range of spring tides is about one metre (Serpell et al., 1983). Marine pollution with large amounts of plastic debris washed up on the beaches also detracts from the outstanding beauty of the property. The World Heritage Centre is at the forefront of the international communitys efforts to protect and preserve. There are a few artificial clearings. So far, however, their offer of free land hasn't brought much attention. Henderson is one of the four-island Pitcairn Group, a cluster of small islands whose namesake is famed as the home to the descendants of the HMS Bounty's mutineers. Ensuring that World Heritage sites sustain their outstanding universal value is an increasingly challenging mission in todays complex world, where sites are vulnerable to the effects of uncontrolled urban development, unsustainable tourism practices, neglect, natural calamities, pollution, political instability, and conflict. The birds of the Pitcairn Islands, Central Pacific Ocean. Atoll Research Bulletin 328. Bull. It lies 200 km east-northeast of the largest island, Pitcairn, 200 km east of Oeno I. and 360 km west of Ducie I. While the inhabitants of this tiny volcanic island are not a part of the 10 percent living in extreme poverty today, island life is not always a paradise. It is hypothesized that the Polynesian settlers may have driven these bird species, along with six terrestrial snail species, to local extinction, and this loss of a ready and regular food supply may have contributed to the Polynesians' subsequent disappearance. How many birds went extinct on Henderson Island? Foreign & Commonwealth Office (FCO) (1995). Henderson Island is an uninhabited uplifted coral island in the south Pacific Ocean, known for its bird life and untouched phosphate reserves. [2] The reasons for the inhabitants disappearance remain uncertain, but they may relate to an exhaustion of resources[2] and to the disappearance around the same time of the Polynesians on Pitcairn Island, on whom those on Henderson would have relied for many of the basics of life, especially for the stone needed to make tools. Paulay, A. [14], The island is home to four extant endemic land bird species the Henderson fruit dove, Henderson lorikeet, Henderson reed warbler and the flightless Henderson crake. Oldfield, S. (1988). [16][17] The island has been identified by BirdLife International as an Important Bird Area for its endemic landbirds and breeding seabirds.[18]. Situe dans la partie orientale du Pacifique sud, l'le d'Henderson est parmi les rares atolls du monde avoir conserv une cologie pratiquement intacte. No one lives on Henderson Island, and aside from an occasional visit from scientists and Pitcairns dwindling population, there are hardly any tourists here. About Henderson Island: The Facts: Population: 0 (uninhabited). The nearest inhabited island of Pitcairn, with a current population of 48, is both not responsible for the levels of pollution and cannot hope to deal with the problem themselves. In short, these include the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands; the CITES Convention on Endangered Species in International Trade; the World Heritage Convention; the Bonn Convention on Migratory Species; the Vienna Convention on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer; the Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and Other Matter; and the Convention for the Protection of the Environment of the South Pacific Region (SPREP). It is the worlds most polluted island at time of writing.. source: UNESCO/ERI
Access to Henderson requires a licence issued by the Governor following approval by the Pitcairn Island Council. Specific goals are to ensure that the biological, geological, and archaeological values are conserved, and that stocks of two timber species (Miro Thespesia populnea and Tou Cordia subcordata, both introduced species) are adequate to meet the needs of Pitcairners on a sustainable basis. Every square meter of Hendersons beaches has between 20 and 670 pieces of plastic on the surface and between 50 and 4,500 pieces buried in the topmost 10 centimeters. [1], Apart from five species bordering the beaches, including coconut palms, the vegetation is undisturbed. #3 Dandridge, Tennessee Settlement Population: 2,812 Elevation: 304 m Founded: 1783 Updated: 2020-04-11 Dandridge is a town in Jefferson County, Tennessee, United States. Pitcairn Island Administration, P.O.Box 105696, Auckland, New Zealand. Today . The population was 436 according to the 2010 United . There is good evidence that the island was continuously occupied for a 600-year period sometime between those dates. Photo credit: Jennifer Lavers, Trash on Henderson Island. Photo credit: Jennifer Lavers. The resident population of this county is 42,954 and has a population rank of 1,038 out of all the places in the United States. The island is uninhabited apart from occasional visitors because of its lack of resources. Henderson. Spenser, T. & Paulay, G. (1989). Introduction of the Eurasian black rat or the domestic cat would be likely to cause almost immediate extinction of the ground-dwelling Henderson crake and possibly other species. The central depression is the site of the lagoon which formed before the island rose. For locations with populations under 60,000, the ACS is . Its fossil corals are valuable indicators of changes in sea level and climate over 630,000 years. It represents a raised fossil atoll (Spenser and Paulay 1989). Submission to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office on the Future Conservation of Henderson Island in the Pitcairn Group. The primary coordinates for Henderson Island places it within the KY 42420 ZIP Code delivery area. [15], Bones associated with prehistoric Polynesian settlement sites dating to somewhere between 500 and 800 years ago include those of the Polynesian storm petrel, Marquesan imperial pigeon, and Polynesian or Pacific imperial pigeon which are no longer found on the island, and two others Christmas shearwater and red-footed booby that still visit but no longer nest. 2010), although the population may have been . Criterion (vii): As one of the last near-pristine limestone islands of significant size in the world, Henderson Island retains its exceptional natural beauty with its white, sandy beaches, limestone cliffs, and rich and almost undisturbed vegetation. However, the Pitcairn Island Conservation Officer and scientists from Britain can advise and the Islanders annual visits could report on illegal fishing and exotic species (FCO, 2006). Henderson City Hall
5 pp. The humpback whale Megaptera novaeangliae occurs. Free viewers are required for some of the attached documents.They can be downloaded by clicking on the icons below. Fragments of Paradise. Henderson Island has a moderate subtropical climate and lies in the path of the southeast tradewinds. Paris. Submitted by the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, United Kingdom. As the island has never been intensively studied it seems likely that other as yet unidentified endemics occur. [6], In 1902, Henderson Island, along with Oeno and Ducie islands, was formally annexed to the British Empire by Captain G. F. Jones, who visited the islands in a cutter with a crew of Pitcairn Islanders. [1] Breeding colonies of the globally endangered Henderson petrel formerly existed on Ducie but were wiped out by invasive rats by 1922. Environmental Conservation 10 (2): 171-173. Marine invertebrates of the Pitcairn Islands: species composition and biogeography of corals, molluscs and echinoderms. Can you live on Pitcairn Island? Pitcairners carve the wood into curios for tourists, from which they derive much of their income.[13]. Share & Bookmark, Press Enter to show all options, press Tab go to next option, Apply for Building, Fire and Civil Permits, Housing and Community Development Strategy, Comprehensive Plan Implementation Advisory Committee (CPAIC), Development Services Center Advisory Committee, Henderson Community Education Advisory Board, West Henderson Global Business District Design Guidelines, Boulder Highway - Revitalize, Reuse, Renew Program, Current Housing Counts and Population Estimates, Historic Housing Counts and Population Estimates, Historic Population Trends and Future Growth Projections, Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority, University of Nevada Las Vegas Center for Business and Economic Research, Nevada Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation, State of Nevada Governor's Office for Economic Development, U.S. Census Bureau Quick Facts for Henderson, Population Whose Income is Below the Poverty Level, Population Ages 25+ with a Bachelor's Degree or Higher, Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander. Six weeks later, on 2 March 1819, Captain Henry King, in the Elizabeth, landed on the island to find the king's colours already flying. Conservation Actions Proposed Management Plan 2004-2009. Those off the north and north-east beaches are seaward sloping reef platforms without reef crests, not typical fringing reefs. It has poor soil and little fresh water, and is unsuitable for agriculture. Weisler, M. (1995). [citation needed], Location of Henderson Island in the Pacific Ocean, BirdLife International. The nearest major landmass is the continent of South America, more than 5,000 km (2,700 nmi) away. There are also fifteen non-endemic seabirds. Fauna recorded from the island were listed by Brooke et al. There are also crabs. A recent report unveils that the island is covered with an approximately 37.7 million plastic. The island is very important for its large breeding population of seabirds, estimated at 50,000-80,000 pairs. Henderson Island is covered by 510m tall tangled scrub forest, more thinly covered in the central depression. One of the largest projects yet undertaken was on 43 km2 Henderson Island in the Pitcairn group, South Pacific, in August 2011. . According to the Management Plan by Brooke et al., in 2004 there were 71 species of vascular plants, seven of which are endemic to the island and ten introduced, with some 20 bryophytes and 30 lichens. IUCN & World Conservation Monitoring Centre, Gland, Switzerland/Cambridge, U.K. Hilton-Taylor, C. (compiler) (2007). Little information is yet available on the ecology or status of these four birds. Goats and pigs were introduced to the island early in the century, but have not survived and may not be reintroduced. [8], In the early 1980s, the American businessman Arthur "Smiley" Ratliff expressed interest in establishing a mansion for himself on the island, with an airstrip. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. The population peaked at 233 in 1937. The Pitcairn Islands, south Pacific Ocean: plate tectonic and climatic contexts. The average monthly maximum temperature during the same period ranged from 29.6C in February to 24.2C in June. Sinoto, Y. Williams, G. (1960). Brooke, M. (1992). Blake, S. (1995). UNESCO. The local population on Pitcairn includes some 58 inhabitants, making pressure on Henderson Island, located 200 km to its northeast, low.
Geologically the island is a reef-capped sea-mount of the makatea type (after the type location) tectonically raised from a depth of some 3.5 km as a result of the weight of the Pitcairn volcano formed over the hotspots in the mantle under the archipelago some 13 million years ago. through which the breeding population passed was probably around . May 16, 2017, 8:50 AM Henderson Island has no inhabitants. It lies within a WWF Global 200 Marine Ecoregion. Analysis of Polynesian migrations based on archaeological assessments. ---------- (1986). Henderson Island is a raised coral atoll that, with Pitcairn, Ducie and Oeno Islands, forms the Pitcairn Island Group.The nearest major landmass is more than 5,000 kilometres (3,100 mi) distant. Criterion (x): While isolated coral atolls are typically species-poor, all four of Hendersons land birds are endemic including the very distinct flightless Henderson Crake. Due to its relative freedom from man and cyclonic inundations the flora and fauna are unique relicts of the original undegraded condition. A captive population of c.83 Henderson Crakes was established and maintained throughout the eradication operation to provide an insurance population. . [11], In March 2022 a Royal Navy survey by HMS Spey, as part of an effort to update maritime charts regarding British Overseas Territories, found the island to be 1 mile (1.6 kilometres) south of its indicated position. There is also a Conservation and Quarantine Officer whose remit includes Henderson Island. Five members of the expedition became stranded on the island when their inflatable craft capsized. The surface is largely a plateau of reef rubble interspersed with areas of sharp coral pinnacles and with extremely rugged dissected karstic limestone round the edges. They can be downloaded by clicking on the icons below.
The terrestrial vegetation of the island is rich and almost undisturbed. Fosberg, F.& Sachet, M-H. (1984). Henderson Island, SC Latitude: 34.4701418 Longitude: -81.417877 County: Newberry Area: Blair Elevation: 88 meters - 289 feet. Dominant tree species include coconut palms, Pandanus tectorius, Thespesia populnea (miro), Heliotropium foertherianum, Cordia subcordata (tou), Guettarda speciosa, Pisonia grandis, Geniostoma hendersonense, Nesoluma st-johnianum, Hernandia stokesii, Myrsine hosakae, and Celtis sp. (1995). The island has high endemicity for its size: only 15% of the flora is introduced. Biol.J.Linn.Soc. Most of the plants, such as beach gardenia Guettarda speciosa and the tall screw-pine Pandanus tectorius which covers about 15% of the island, come from eastern Polynesia by introduction, by island hopping or floating. More
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Donate Now! These have protected the island and its wildlife from the overwhelming most atolls undergo during cyclonic storms. The majority of the debrisapproximately 68 percentis not even visible; they are buried under the sand. During the 1991-2 expedition the total rainfall measured from February 1991 to January 1992 was 1,623mm; the mean annual rainfall is probably between 1,300mm and 1.500mm. It is managed by the Pitcairn Island Council under the British High Commissioner to New Zealand who is Governor of Pitcairn. It is particularly notable for the 10 plants and four land birds that are endemic to the island. All Rights Reserved. Vegetation of Henderson Island. In 2019, HCF led a cleanup of Henderson Island, an isolated island in the Pitcairn Islands, and home to the world's most plastic-polluted beach. The island is uninhabited but is usually visited by Pitcairn islanders once or twice a year, chiefly to cut miro and tau for carvings made for sale to visitors to Pitcairn, also for the local sandalwood. 1988: Inscribed on the World Heritage List under Natural Criteria vii and x. Henderson Island is one of the Pitcairn Islands archipelago in the southeastern Pacific, some 4,800 km equidistant from both Chile and New Zealand. A more comprehensive account of the corals is given in UNEP/IUCN (1988). The endemic birds may have no immunity to the fatal avian pox which is transmitted by biting flies such as Hippoboscidae. In 1982-3 the island came under threat from a proposal by a millionaire to build a house, landing facilities, airstrip and cattle ranch which would have severely damaged the terrestrial fauna and flora and impact the reefs. However, it has not been necessary to make the journey for these woods since 2004 (UNESCO, 2010). On the beaches of isolated Henderson Island in the South Pacific, over 3,000 miles from the nearest major population center of any kind, they found what they estimate to be more than 17 tons of . There are approximately 754 births . But by A.D. 1606, the year of Henderson's "discovery" by Europeans, when a boat from a passing Spanish ship landed on the island and saw no one, Henderson's population had ceased to exist. The remote island of Hendersona tiny dot in the South Pacific Oceanlies approximately halfway between New Zealand and Chile. Henderson Island is a physical feature (island) in Henderson County. 'We found pieces of plastic . Henderson, NV 89015
Coral Reefs of the World. In the island interior away from the surf, crake vocalizations could be heard from a distance of 75 m. However, within 300 m of the . Serpell, J., Collar, N., Davis, S. & Wells, S. (1983). 2017 International Union for Conservation of Nature and UN Environment World Conservation Monitoring Centre, STATEMENT OF OUTSTANDING UNIVERSAL VALUE [pending], United Kingdom Of Great Britain And Northern Ireland. Pitcairn Island, isolated volcanic island in the south-central Pacific Ocean, 1,350 miles (2,170 km) southeast of Tahiti. Web Browser not supported for ESRI ArcGIS API version 4.10. ---------- (2006). & Johnson, M. (1987). Because of its size and population, tourism is somewhat limited . Downloaded from, Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, "Henderson Island prehistory: colonization and extinction on a remote Polynesian island", "Ducie Atoll: Its history, physiography and biota", "Pitcairn Islanders refuse to let Covid-19 halt vital climate change research", "Royal Navy finds uninhabited Henderson Island has been marked on charts in the wrong place for 85 years", "Henderson Island World Heritage Site Management Plan 20042009", "The endemic land birds of Henderson Island, Southeastern Polynesia: Notes on natural history and conservation", "Potential for rat predation to cause decline of the globally threatened Henderson petrel, "Bird remains from an archaeological site on Henderson Island, South Pacific: Man-caused extinctions on an "uninhabited" island", "Aircraft carrier and helicopters come to unique island's rescue", "Rat eradication comes within a whisker! Rare and endemic vascular plants of the Pitcairn group, south-central Pacific Ocean: a conservation appraisal. The median age of the male population is 35.3 and the female population is 36.4. Henderson Island is a raised coral atoll that, with Pitcairn, Ducie and Oeno islands, forms the Pitcairn Island Group. The annual or bi-annual visits by Pitcairn islanders to cut miro could also monitor the trees health. The existing data dates to an aerial survey in 1937, indicating a calculation error when the chart was produced. A program to eradicate them with poisoned bait trialled in 2009 was carried out in 2011. 2012, Amos et al. Access to Henderson requires a licence issued by the Governor following approval by the Pitcairn Island Council. 702-267-2323. Flenley, J., Parkes, A. A Polynesian rat hangs out on a bush on Henderson Island. The invertebrate species are largely unknown but a third of the island's known non-marine gastropods and insects are endemic. The coral is growing at the limit of reef growth. The typical closed forest is dominated by widespread Pisonia grandis, with Xylosma suaveolens on poorer soils, and several other species such as Celtis pacifica, Nesoluma st-johnianum, endemic to Henderson, and a wide variety of other species. It is one of the world's last two raised coral atolls whose ecosystems remain relatively unaffected by human contact. According to Phys.org, Henderson Island is 5000 km away from the nearest population center. 'Pitcairn is the only island inhabited with a human population of 50 but none of the trash comes from there,' explains Alex. It is notable for ten plants and four land birds endemic to the island and for its evidence of long past Polynesian occupation. Maps, Driving Directions & Local Area Information Biol.J.Linn.Soc .56: 43-62. Our Partners
Biological Conservation, 74: 83-98. 99.8% of that pollution is plastic. . [12], Since the introduction of aluminium-hulled long-boats in the 20th century, Pitcairners have made regular trips to Henderson to harvest the wood of miro and tou trees. Its surface is mostly reef-rubble and dissected limestone an extremely rugged mixture of steep, jagged pinnacles and shallow sinkholes and, except for the north end, the island is encircled by steep limestone cliffs up to 15m (50ft) high. United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. "We are in a World Heritage Site, this pristine beach," Howell said during a primetime Fox News . It had a population of 2,812 at the 2010 census. An ambitious Polynesian Rat eradication programme has been initiated, and measures are being put into place to ensure that no new introductions of alien invasive species occur through regulated tourism. Unpublished report to Operation Raleigh, London. We arrived there on the 8th of June 2019 - World Ocean Day. Henderson Island in the southeastern Pacific Ocean is the worlds only raised atoll where the ecology is essentially intact, having been little degraded because of its extreme isolation and rough terrain. Henderson Island, which lies in the eastern South Pacific, is one of the few atolls in the world whose ecology has been practically untouched by a human presence. The nearest settlement is on an island 71 miles away with a total population of 40. Henderson Island. 461:1-36. 323: 1-18. The flora is described by St John & Philipson,1962; Fosberg et al., 1983; Flenley et al., 1987 and Waldren et al., 1997, summarised in Brooke et al., 2004. For additional information, please contact Andrew Powell at 702-267-1555 or Andrew.Powell@cityofhenderson.com. 53 pp. Coconut crabs Birgus latro, green spiny lobster Panulirus penicillatus and land crabs Gecarcinidae spp. It has 51 native species of flowering plants, ten of which are endemic to the island. Despite being uninhabited and located thousands of miles from the nearest continental landmass, research conducted in 2015 found Henderson Island in the South Pacific to be the most densely polluted beach on the planet. Description is available under license CC-BY-SA IGO 3.0, 104. Ten plants, four land birds and many smaller organisms are endemic to the island on which, unlike other Pacific islands, few exotic species exist. For example, the island's invertebrate fauna is little known but about one-third of the insects and gastropods so far collected are endemic. , 10 . Henderson Island World Heritage Site. The islands host the world's largest population of . But there is evidence of gardens and charcoal burning in the past and recent archaeological discoveries show that Henderson was colonised by a small Polynesian group between the late 8th and 17th centuries (Weisler, 1995). Located at 24o2149S by 128 o1855'W. Paris. The only rat, the introduced Polynesian rat Rattus exulans, is the main threat to petrel chicks. A 2017 study estimated it has the highest density of plastic debris ever recorded. [9] The Pitcairn Island Council approved his plans but, after environmentalists lobbied to protect the natural ecology and environment of the island, the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office overrode the decision and vetoed the proposed development. With its vast numbers of breeding seabirds, the island is an outstanding example of a raised and forested oceanic coral atoll with its fundamental features intact. Henderson Island, Jefferson County, Tennessee. are present. It lies in the world's third-largest marine protected area, so commercial fishing and . Other endemic . Sitting in middle of southern Pacific Ocean around 5,000 km, (3,100 mi) from the nearest major population center, you might think that the uninhabited Henderson Island would appear relatively . Pisces Publications, Oxford. All four land bird species are endemic to the island (Henderson Crake, Henderson Fruit Dove, Henderson Lorikeet and Henderson Reed-warbler). Henderson Island threatened. Foreign and Commonwealth Office / Pitcairn Islands Administration/ JNCC, U.K.36 pp. Roughly 3,000 miles from any major population center, there's an uninhabited island in the eastern Pacific Ocean that, curiously, has the highest density of plastic waste reported anywhere in the world. The islands of Henderson, Oeno and Ducie were annexed by Britain in 1902: Henderson on 1 July, Oeno on 10 July, and Ducie on 19 December. The proportion of endemic species in some other invertebrate groups is given by Hepburn et al. Situada en el Pacfico Sudoriental, la isla de Henderson es uno de los pocos atolones del mundo que ha conservado prcticamente intactos sus ecosistemas. Bedrooms 3. Sa situation isole permet d'y observer la dynamique de l'volution insulaire et de la slection naturelle, et elle est particulirement remarquable pour ses dix plantes et ses quatre oiseaux terrestres endmiques. . Henderson Island is Crown Land within the Pitcairn Islands group, an Overseas Territory of the United Kingdom. Re-population is starting to look like the only way to keep Adamstown from turning into a ghost town. Atoll Res. The nearest major population center is more than 3,100 miles away. Covering some 3,700 ha but unsuitable for agriculture and with little fresh water, the island has no major land mass within a 5,000 km radius. [1], The island was settled by Polynesians possibly as early as 800AD but by the 1600s it had been abandoned. Staff resources are inadequate and the Site Manager combines his position with other work. Henderson Island is an uninhabited island in the south Pacific Ocean. 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