!!!Norfolk Island %%image_right [{GoogleMap location='Norfolk Island' type='embedded' zoom='bounds' width='450' height='350'}] %% [{Image src='nf-lgflag.gif' class='image_left' height='150' width='226'}] Two British attempts at establishing the island as a penal colony (1788-1814 and 1825-55) were ultimately abandoned. In 1856, the island was resettled by Pitcairn Islanders, descendants of the Bounty mutineers and their Tahitian companions. %%menu-geo %%cols-r * %%icon-geo,geo %% [Geography|Geography/Territories_Oceans_and_Islands/Norfolk_Island/Geography] * %%icon-geo,maps %% [Maps|Geography/Territories_Oceans_and_Islands/Norfolk_Island/Maps] * %%icon-geo,culture %% [Culture|Geography/Territories_Oceans_and_Islands/Norfolk_Island/Culture] ---- * %%icon-geo,special %% [Special Information|Geography/Territories_Oceans_and_Islands/Norfolk_Island/Special_Information] * %%icon-geo,picture %% [Pictures|Geography/Territories_Oceans_and_Islands/Norfolk_Island/Pictures] * %%icon-geo,community %% [Community Contributions|Geography/Territories_Oceans_and_Islands/Norfolk_Island/Community_Contributions] %% %% [{Metadata Suchbegriff='Norfolkinsel'}]