Oeno Island

Oeno Island
Map of Oeno Island
Oeno is located in Pacific Ocean
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Oeno
Location of Oeno Island in the Pacific Ocean
Oeno

Satellite photo of Oeno Island
Geography
Location Southern Pacific Ocean
Coordinates 23°55′36″S 130°44′14″W / 23.92667°S 130.73722°W / -23.92667; -130.73722Coordinates: 23°55′36″S 130°44′14″W / 23.92667°S 130.73722°W / -23.92667; -130.73722
Total islands 2–3
Area 20 km2 (8 sq mi)
Country
Demographics
Population Unhabitated
Map of Pitcairn Islands.

Oeno Island (play /ˈn/ oh-ee-noh)[1] or Holiday Island is a coral atoll in the South Pacific Ocean, part of the Pitcairn Islands overseas territory.

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Geography

Located 143 kilometres (89 mi) northwest of Pitcairn Island, at 23°55′26″S 130°44′03″W / 23.92389°S 130.73417°W / -23.92389; -130.73417. Oeno Island measures about 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) in diameter, including the central lagoon, with a total area exceeding 20 square kilometres (7.7 sq mi). There are two larger and three smaller islets on the rim of the atoll. Their aggregate land area is only 0.69 square kilometres (170 acres). Oeno Island serves as a private holiday site for the few residents of Pitcairn Island, who will travel there and stay for two weeks in January.[2]

The main island (Oeno), about 0.5 square kilometres (120 acres) in area, has forest and scrub with pandanus and palm trees. It is located on the southwest rim of the atoll. There is a water tap installed on the island.[3] The maximum elevation is less than 5 metres (16 ft). Three smaller islets are to the south and west of the main island.

History

June 1819 
Captain James Henderson of the British East India Company ship Hercules sights Oeno Island.
26 January 1824 
Captain George Worth aboard the American whaler Oeno names the atoll after his ship.
5 March 1858 
The Wild Wave, a 1500 ton clipper sailing from San Francisco, is wrecked on Oeno's reef.[4]
1893 
The Bowdon is wrecked on Oeno.
10 July 1902 
Oeno is annexed by United Kingdom.
1938 
Incorporated into the Pitcairn Islands colony.

References

  1. ^ The name is not Polynesian but Greek. The island was named after the whaling ship Œno.. However, the islanders pronounce it with three syllables, as if it were Polynesian.
  2. ^ South Pacific & Micronesia. Lonely Planet. 2006. p. 427. ISBN 1-74104-304-2. "Unless you've got your own yacht, your only chance of getting to Oeno is in January, when Pitcairners fit out two of their longboats with essential supplies and swap everyday life on Pitcairn for a fortnight's summer holiday on Oeno." 
  3. ^ Fresh water is pumped out of a well dug in the sand – library.puc.edu
  4. ^ http://www.winthrop.dk/wildwave.html

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