Pawala Valley Ridge
Pawala Valley Ridge, is the highest point of the Pitcairn Islands, a British overseas territory in the southern Pacific Ocean, with an elevation of 347 metres.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 347 metres
- Description: highest point of the Pitcairn Islands
- Also known as: “Highest Point”
Places of Interest
Highlights include HMS Bounty and Pulau School.
HMS Bounty
Disaster remains
HMS Bounty, also known as HMAV Bounty, was a British merchant ship that the Royal Navy purchased in 1787 for a botanical mission. The ship was sent to the South Pacific Ocean under the command of William Bligh to acquire breadfruit plants and transport them to the British West Indies.
Pulau School
School
Photo: Henning Axt, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Pulau School is the only school on the Pitcairn Islands. It is located in the capital of Adamstown and follows a modified version of the New Zealand educational curriculum, but with some changes made to promote local culture and traditions.
Pitcairn Radio Station
Tower
Pitcairn Radio Station was a radio station located at Taro Ground near the southern coast of Pitcairn Island in the south Pacific. It was located on the highest point of the island at 272 metres above sea level.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Adamstown.
Adamstown
Hamlet
Photo: Makemake, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Adamstown is the capital and only settlement of the Pitcairn Islands, the only British Overseas Territory that is located in the southern Pacific Ocean.
Pawala Valley Ridge
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Pitcairn Islands, Polynesia, Oceania
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Latitude
-25.06826° or 25° 4′ 6″ southLongitude
-130.11305° or 130° 6′ 47″ westElevation
347 metres (1,138 feet)Open location code
546FWVJP+MQOpenStreetMap ID
node 339651755OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Tajik—“Pawala Valley Ridge” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Pawala Valley Ridge”
- Czech: “Pawala Valley Ridge”
- Dutch: “Pawala Valley Ridge”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل پاوالا ڤالى ريدج”
- Esperanto: “Pawala Valley Ridge”
- French: “Pawala Valley Ridge”
- Hausa: “Pawala Valley Ridge”
- Japanese: “パワラ・バレー・リッジ”
- Ladin: “Pawala Valley Ridge”
- Polish: “Pawala Valley Ridge”
- Tajik: “Пулкӯҳи водии Павала”
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