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Uninhabited Henderson Island is part of the UK’s Pitcairn Islands group in the South Pacific.

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English: Uninhabited Henderson Island is part of the UK’s Pitcairn Islands group in the South Pacific. According to a study by the University of Tasmania published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, the island has the highest density of plastic waste anywhere in the world, an estimated 38 million pieces of rubbish. The island is near the center of an ocean current, so it collects rubbish from boats and South America. The image was acquired February 7, 2012, covers an area of 10.3 by 12.3 km, and is located at 24.3 degrees south, 128.3 degrees west.
Date Taken on 7 February 2012
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Author NASA/METI/AIST/Japan Space Systems, and U.S./Japan ASTER Science Team
Object location24° 18′ 00″ S, 128° 18′ 00″ E Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo
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Credit and attribution belongs to the Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) team, NASA/METI/AIST/Japan Space Systems

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