Palmerston

E815291

Palmerston is a remote coral atoll in the northern Cook Islands, known for its small, closely related population and isolation in the South Pacific Ocean.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Palmerston canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf coral atoll ⓘ
island ⓘ
populated place ⓘ
administrativeStatus outer island of the Cook Islands ⓘ
archipelago Cook Islands ⓘ
capitalOfAtoll Palmerston Settlement ⓘ
climate tropical ⓘ
communication limited connectivity ⓘ
composition coral ⓘ
country Cook Islands ⓘ
demographicCharacteristic few extended families ⓘ
discoveredBy James Cook ⓘ
discoveredByEuropeans 1774 ⓘ
distanceFromRarotonga approximately 500 km northwest ⓘ
economicActivity copra production ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
geographicCharacteristic low-lying ⓘ
remote ⓘ
governance local island council ⓘ
governingTerritory Cook Islands ⓘ
hasFeature multiple small motu (islets) ⓘ
hasLagoon Palmerston Lagoon ⓘ
hasSettlement Palmerston Settlement ⓘ
hazard cyclones ⓘ
infrastructureCharacteristic no airport ⓘ
islandType atoll ⓘ
isPartOf Southern Group (Cook Islands) ⓘ
languageSpoken Cook Islands Māori ⓘ
English ⓘ
locatedIn Cook Islands ⓘ
South Pacific Ocean ⓘ
northern Cook Islands ⓘ
marineEnvironment rich marine life ⓘ
namedAfter Lord Palmerston ⓘ
ocean Pacific Ocean ⓘ
populationCharacteristic closely related population ⓘ
isolated community ⓘ
small population ⓘ
region Polynesia ⓘ
South Pacific ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
settlementPattern single main village ⓘ
sovereignState New Zealand ⓘ
supplyCharacteristic infrequent supply ships ⓘ
surroundedBy coral reef ⓘ
timeZone UTC-10 ⓘ
transport accessible mainly by boat ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Northern Cook Islands → hasIsland → Palmerston ⓘ
Solomon → includes → Palmerston ⓘ