The remote island of Hendersona tiny dot in the South Pacific Oceanlies approximately halfway between New Zealand and Chile.
It is one of four islands that make up the Pitcairn Group.
Pitcairn is the only inhabited island in the group.
The nearest major landmass is more than 5,000 kilometers away.
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Yet strangely, Henderson Island is not untouched by human influence.
The majority of the debrisapproximately 68 percentis not even visible; they are buried under the sand.
About 3,750 new pieces of litter wash up on the islands north beach everyday.
Where do all these trash come from?
The giant plastic soup called the ocean, of course.
They become buried in the sand and became a permanent part of the island.
Sadly, the whole place was declared a World Heritage Site by the United Nations in 1988.
A purple hermit crab on Henderson Island.
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Trash on Henderson Island.
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