Ducie Island
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Ducie Island is an uninhabited island and atoll of the south Pacific Ocean, annexed to the Pitcairn Islands colony in 1902.
The island is 325 miles (523 km) east of Pitcairn at 24°24′ S 124°48′ W (http://kvaleberg.com/extensions/mapsources/index.php?params=24_24_S_124_48_W_), and has an area of two and a half square miles (6 km²); it's one and a half miles long, northeast to southwest, and about one mile wide. It is about twelve feet in height and the few trees there grow to about fourteen feet at the most. The lagoon is deep and noted for its poisonous fish and extremely dangerous sharks .
Ducie Island was discovered by Captain Edward Edwards in the Pandora while searching for the mutineers from the Bounty. It is named after Baron Francis Ducie, a captain in the Royal Navy.nl:Ducie (eiland) pl:Ducie
