Norfolk Island is an isolated Polynesian country in the Pacific Ocean roughly halfway between New Caledonia and New Zealand. The island has a population of about 2200, descendants of the HMS Bounty mutineers relocated from Pitcairn Island in 1856. In addition to Norfolk Island itself the country includes two small, uninhabited islands to the south. Formerly a British overseas territory, the Norfolk Island colony was transferred to Australian administration in 1914. It is now a self-governing external territory. Norfolk Island is accessible by air from Brisbane, Queensland, and Auckland, New Zealand, but it has no protected harbor; supplies must be offloaded to launches from ships standing offshore. The territory has no traditional lighthouses but it has one beacon of interest to lighthouse fans. Admiralty numbers are from volume K of the Admiralty List of Lights & Fog Signals. U.S. NGA List numbers are from Publication 111.
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Adjoining pages: North: New Caledonia | South: New Zealand North Island | West: Northern New South Wales
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