Henderson Island

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Henderson Island is a remote, uninhabited coral island in the South Pacific Ocean, renowned for its near-pristine ecosystem and status as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

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Henderson Island canonical 21

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Predicate Object
instanceOf UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
coral island ⓘ
island of the Pitcairn Islands ⓘ
raised coral atoll ⓘ
uninhabited island ⓘ
administeredBy Pitcairn Islands Council ⓘ
area_km2 about 37.3 ⓘ
averageAnnualRainfall_mm about 1500 ⓘ
climate tropical oceanic climate ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
discoveredBy Pedro Fernández de Quirós ⓘ
discoveryYear 1606 ⓘ
distanceToPitcairnIsland_km about 193 ⓘ
endemicSpecies Henderson crake ⓘ
Henderson fruit dove ⓘ
Henderson lorikeet ⓘ
Henderson reed warbler ⓘ
faunaCharacteristic endemic land birds ⓘ
seabird colonies ⓘ
floraCharacteristic limestone forest ⓘ
scrub vegetation ⓘ
geologicalType uplifted coral reef ⓘ
hasNo permanent freshwater sources ⓘ
highestElevation_m about 33 ⓘ
humanActivity limited subsistence visits from Pitcairn Island ⓘ
occasional scientific expeditions ⓘ
knownFor high degree of endemism ⓘ
near-pristine ecosystem ⓘ
remote location ⓘ
legalProtection protected area under Pitcairn Islands legislation ⓘ
length_km about 9.6 ⓘ
locatedIn South Pacific Ocean ⓘ
southeastern Polynesia ⓘ
marineEcoregion Southeast Polynesia marine ecoregion ⓘ
namedAfter James Henderson ⓘ
nearestInhabitedIsland Pitcairn Island ⓘ
linked to: Pitcairn Islands
oceanicPlate Pacific Plate ⓘ
overseasTerritoryOf United Kingdom ⓘ
partOf Pitcairn Islands ⓘ
permanentResidents none ⓘ
population 0 ⓘ
rediscoveredBy James Henderson ⓘ
rediscoveryYear 1819 ⓘ
sovereignState United Kingdom ⓘ
threat marine plastic debris accumulation ⓘ
timeZone UTC-8 ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageCriteria natural criteria (vii) ⓘ
natural criteria (x) ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageInscriptionYear 1988 ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteId 487 ⓘ
width_km about 5.1 ⓘ

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