-- There are four of them, spread over several hundred miles of ocean.
-- Together, they form the last British Overseas Territory.
-- Their TOTAL area is about 47 square kilometers (18 square miles).
-- Only Pitcairn, the second largest one, is inhabited. In 2013,
its total population was 56 .
-- The island is inhabited by the descendants of the Bounty mutineers
and the Tahitians who landed there with them (in 1789).
-- Fletcher Christian was the officer who led the mutiny, and almost all of
the 56 current residents are members of families named Christian.
-- Pitcairn is the national jurisdiction (nation) with the smallest population
in the world.