Wreck of the Bounty The remains of the ship lie in just three
metres of water below Bounty Bay, where it was burned by the
mutineers in 1790. Tourists can dive onto it. Another wreck, the
SS Cornwallis, can also be explored. The only settlement. It
contains a post office, church, courthouse, library, health
centre, acupuncturist and hairdresser. Power is provided by
three generators, which operate for five hours in the morning
and five hours in the evening. Bells in the main square are used
to make public announcements. A series of strikes in ones and
twos is the call for prayer, three strikes signifies public
work, four strikes is the signal for a share-out of food from a
passing ship and five strikes announces the arrival of a ship.
Hill of Difficulty The steep slope up which visitors must travel
after arriving in Bounty Bay, following in the footsteps of the
mutineers. Opened in Adamstown in 2005, it contains the original
bible from the Bounty. A four metre anchor from the ship is
mounted in the square out