HMS Bounty

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.
Wikipedia
Photo: JoJan, CC BY 3.0.
  • Type: Disaster remains
  • Description: 1784 survey ship
  • Also known as: “Bethia”, “H.M.S. Bounty”, “HM Armed Vessel Bounty”, and “HMAV Bounty”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Nancy Stone and Pawala Valley Ridge.

Islet
is a rock off the southeast coast of in the south Pacific. It is located off the coast between St Paul's Point and . is situated 1¼ km southeast of HMS Bounty.

Peak
, is the highest point of the , a British overseas territory in the southern Pacific Ocean, with an elevation of 347 metres.

School
Photo: Henning Axt, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The is the only school on the . It is located in the capital of and follows a modified version of the New Zealand educational curriculum, but with some changes made to promote local culture and traditions. is situated 1 km northwest of HMS Bounty.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Adamstown.

Hamlet
Photo: Makemake, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is the capital and only settlement of the , the only British Overseas Territory that is located in the southern Pacific Ocean.

HMS Bounty

Latitude
-25.06867° or 25° 4′ 7″ south
Longitude
-130.09509° or 130° 5′ 42″ west
Open location code
546FWWJ3+GX
Open­Street­Map ID
node 6561291060
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­wreck
Wiki­data ID
Q900379
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Ukrainian—“HMS Bounty” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “سفينة باونتي”
  • Asturian: “Bounty”
  • Asturian: “HMAV Bounty”
  • Asturian: “HMS Bounty”
  • Basque: “HMS Bounty”
  • Catalan: “Bounty”
  • Catalan: “HMAV Bounty”
  • Catalan: “HMS Bounty”
  • Chinese: “邦蒂号”
  • Chinese: “邦蒂艦”
  • Chinese: “邦蒂號”
  • Czech: “Bounty”
  • Czech: “HMS Bounty”
  • Danish: “HMAV Bounty”
  • Dutch: “HMAV Bounty”
  • Dutch: “HMS Bounty”
  • Esperanto: “Bounty”
  • Esperanto: “HMAV Bounty”
  • Esperanto: “HMS Bounty”
  • Esperanto: “Ribelado sur la Bounty”
  • Esperanto: “Ribelo sur la Bounty”
  • Estonian: “Bounty”
  • Finnish: “Bounty-laivan kapina”
  • Finnish: “Bountyn kapina”
  • Finnish: “HMS Bounty”
  • French: “Bounty”
  • French: “HMS Bounty”
  • Galician: “Bounty”
  • Galician: “HMS Bounty”
  • German: “Bounty”
  • German: “HMS Bounty”
  • Indonesian: “HMS Bounty”
  • Irish: “HMS Bounty”
  • Italian: “HMS Bounty”
  • Japanese: “バウンティ”
  • Latin: “Bounty”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “HMAV «Bounty»”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “HMAV Bounty”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “HMS Bounty”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “HMS Bounty”
  • Norwegian: “HMAV «Bounty»”
  • Persian: “اچ‌ام‌اس بونتی”
  • Polish: “Bounty”
  • Polish: “HMS Bounty”
  • Portuguese: “HMS Bounty”
  • Romanian: “Bounty”
  • Russian: “HMAV Bounty”
  • Russian: “HMS Bounty”
  • Russian: “Баунти”
  • Scots: “HMS Bounty”
  • Slovak: “HMS Bounty”
  • Spanish: “Bounty”
  • Spanish: “HMAV Bounty”
  • Spanish: “HMS Bounty”
  • Spanish: “Motin del Bounty”
  • Spanish: “Motín del Bounty”
  • Spanish: “Rebelion en la Bounty”
  • Spanish: “Rebelión en la Bounty”
  • Swedish: “HMS Bounty”
  • Tajik: “HMS Bounty”
  • Tajik: “Баунтӣ”
  • Ukrainian: “Баунті”
  • “Bethia”
  • “HM Armed Vessel Bounty”
  • “HMAV Bounty”
  • “HMS Bounty”

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