Henderson Island – the dirtiest desert island on a planet

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The remote Henderson Island is approximately in the way middle between New Zealand and Chile in the southern part of the Pacific Ocean. It is one of five islands making island group Pitkern. Exactly here, in 1789, rebels from the ship HMS Bounty looked for a shelter, finally having lodged on Pitcairn Island located approximately in 195 kilometers from Henderson. The general information Henderson Island (known still as San Bautista Juan and Elisabeth's island) — the desert coral island of the Pacific Ocean. In 1902 it was attached to Pitcairn Islands, and now is the overseas territory...