Nancy Stone
Nancy Stone is a rock off the southeast coast of Pitcairn Island in the south Pacific. It is located off the coast between St Paul's Point and Down Rope.- Type: Islet
- Description: rock off the southeast coast of Pitcairn Island in the south Pacific
- Also known as: “Nancy’s Stone”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include HMS Bounty and Pawala Valley Ridge.
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. HMS Bounty is situated 1¼ km northwest of Nancy Stone.
Pawala Valley Ridge
Peak
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. Pawala Valley Ridge is situated 2½ km west of Nancy Stone.
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. Pulau School is situated 2 km northwest of Nancy Stone.
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.
Nancy Stone
- Categories: rock, coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: Pitcairn Islands, Polynesia, Oceania
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-25.07707° or 25° 4′ 38″ southLongitude
-130.08804° or 130° 5′ 17″ westOpen location code
546FWWF6+5QOpenStreetMap ID
way 100278866OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap feature
place=isletWikidata ID
Q6963018
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Hausa to Russian—“Nancy Stone” goes by many names.
- Hausa: “Dutsen Nancy”
- Hausa: “Nancy Stone”
- Russian: “Нэнси Стоун”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include St. Paul’s Point and Polynesian Petroglyphs.
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