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Norfolk Island

Latitude: -29.05 S Longitude: 167.95 E Capital: Kingston

 
 
 


Short introduction to Norfolk Island

Two British attempts at establishing the island as a penal colony (1788-1814 and 1825-55) were ultimately abandoned. In 1856, the island was resettled by Pitcairn Islanders, descendants of the Bounty mutineers and their Tahitian companions.

Source: World Factbook


 

 

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