Q22) An island in the southern Pacific Ocean with the world’s smallest country by population, legalised same-sex marriage. Identify the name of the island:
Q22) An island in the southern Pacific Ocean with the world’s smallest country by population, legalised same-sex marriage. Identify the name of the island:
The correct option is C Pitcairn Island
Ans:22)(c) Pitcairn Island, the world’s smallest country by population, legalised same-sex marriage
Pitcairn Island, a tiny speck in the Pacific with a small population of 48 people, passed the law on suggestion of British authorities. The law was passed after England, Wales and Scotland legalised the same-sex marriage in 2014. It is officially named the Pitcairn Group of Islands, are a group of four volcanic islands in the southern Pacific Ocean that form the last British Overseas Territory in the Pacific. It was settled by mutineers of the British navy vessel Bounty and their Tahitian companions in 1790
Extra information:-
The four islands – Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie, and Oeno – are spread over several hundred miles of ocean and have a total land area of about 47 square kilometres (18 sq mi). Only Pitcairn, the second largest island measuring about 3.6 kilometres (2.2 mi) from east to west, is inhabited
The United Nations Committee on Decolonization includes the Pitcairn Islands on the United Nations list of Non-Self-Governing Territories
Pitcairn Island
Ans:22)(c) Pitcairn Island, the world’s smallest country by population, legalised same-sex marriage
Pitcairn Island, a tiny speck in the Pacific with a small population of 48 people, passed the law on suggestion of British authorities. The law was passed after England, Wales and Scotland legalised the same-sex marriage in 2014. It is officially named the Pitcairn Group of Islands, are a group of four volcanic islands in the southern Pacific Ocean that form the last British Overseas Territory in the Pacific. It was settled by mutineers of the British navy vessel Bounty and their Tahitian companions in 1790
Extra information:-
The four islands – Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie, and Oeno – are spread over several hundred miles of ocean and have a total land area of about 47 square kilometres (18 sq mi). Only Pitcairn, the second largest island measuring about 3.6 kilometres (2.2 mi) from east to west, is inhabited
The United Nations Committee on Decolonization includes the Pitcairn Islands on the United Nations list of Non-Self-Governing Territories
