where is tahiti bora bora?
French Polynesia
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 After leaving Tahiti on 22 September 1789 , Christian sailed Bounty west in search of a safe haven . He then formed the idea of settling on Pitcairn Island , far to the east of Tahiti ; the island had been reported in 1767 , but its exact location never verified . After months of searching , Christian rediscovered the island on 15 January 1790 , 188 nautical miles ( 348 km ; 216 mi ) east of its recorded position . This longitudinal error contributed to the mutineers ' decision to settle on Pitcairn . 

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 A national holiday – 24 March 2005 – was declared in Fiji for the teams return , and the country 's Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase declared : 

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 First sighted by Europeans in 1606 , claimed by the United Kingdom in 1868 , and part of the Republic of Kiribati since the island nation 's independence in 1979 , Caroline Island has remained relatively untouched and is considered one of the world 's most pristine tropical islands , despite guano mining , copra harvesting , and human habitation in the 19th and 20th centuries . It is home to one of the world 's largest populations of the coconut crab and is an important breeding site for seabirds , most notably the sooty tern . 

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 Their collaboration proved successful when , on the thirtieth day at sea on the 1976 voyage , Mau stated soon they would see land , and the next day , Tahiti . A few hours later , they spotted land @-@ based white terns ( Gygis alba ) followed by a diminution of the trade @-@ wind swell . That night they spotted Mataiva . After a brief stopover , with little more than another day 's sailing they made landfall at Tahiti where they were welcomed by 17 @,@ 000 people — half the population of Tahiti . 

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 The island of Staffa , contains Fingal 's Cave made up of massive rectangular columns of Paleogene basalt and Mackinnon 's Cave , one of the longest sea caves in the world . 
