Pawala Valley Ridge, Summit in Pitcairn Islands, British territory.
Pawala Valley Ridge rises to 347 meters above sea level as the highest elevation point on Pitcairn Island, featuring steep slopes and rugged volcanic terrain that dominates the island's central highland region.
Pawala Valley Ridge is the highest point of Pitcairn Island and of the whole British overseas territory of the Pitcairn Islands, at 347 metres. The island was settled in 1790 by mutineers of HMS Bounty and their Tahitian companions, whose descendants still live at Adamstown below; the ridge stands above that settlement.
Pawala Valley Ridge lies within the Pitcairn Islands, a British overseas territory whose residents are descended from the Bounty mutineers and their Tahitian companions. The place name "Pawala" is Polynesian in form, reflecting the islands' earlier Polynesian settlement before the mutineers arrived in 1790. The ridge stands on Pitcairn Island itself, the only inhabited island of the group.
Pawala Valley Ridge lies on Pitcairn Island, the only inhabited island of the territory, reachable by longboat from Bounty Bay at Adamstown. The 347 m summit is the territory's highest point; the climb crosses steep, often wet ground, so allow time for the return before dark.
Pawala Valley Ridge is the highest point of the Pitcairn Islands, a British overseas territory in the southern Pacific, at 347 metres (1,138 ft). The same summit tops both Pitcairn Island itself and the entire territory, a fact listed on Peakbagger.com.
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