This is the largest tropical island on which rat eradication has been attempted, but 60 to 80 rats survived and populations recovered. After the Essex was destroyed by a sperm whale, inspiring Moby-Dick, its castaways first landed on this (15[1])island. In early 2024, Plastic Odyssey finished (-5[1])clearing 9 tons of plastic waste off this remote island, previously (15[1])called the most polluted (-5[1])in the world due to trash carried (-5[1])by the South Pacific Gyre. (-5[2])This [emphasize] currently uninhabited island supplied turtle eggs and red feathers, and a neighbor supplied basalt and obsidian, in a triangle trade with Mangareva described in (*) Jared Diamond’s (-5[4])Collapse. (-5[1])Aldabra and this (-5[1])island are the world’s (10[1])last raised coral (-5[1])atolls in near-pristine condition. This island lies in but does not name an archipelago that also includes Oeno and Ducie Atolls. For 10 (10[1])points, name (-5[1])this island, the largest of the Pitcairn Islands. (10[1]0[17])■END■