The coast of Chile lies 2,300 miles to the east, Tahiti 2,500 miles to the northwest, and the nearest island, with a total population of 54 people, is tiny Pitcairn island, 1,400 miles to the west.
Deep in the Pacific ... miles from South America, the nearest inhabited island is Mangareva of French Polynesia, 336 miles away. Consisting of four separate tiny islands - Pitcairn, Henderson ...